Ellisville Passionist Nuns Covered by local paper

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Cloisters

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Thankfully, the secular press is doing their part to promote vocations, cloistered or active. The Passionist Nuns of Ellisville have been blessed with coverage in this article. There are some mistakes, but they’re not disastrous.


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Mrs Cloisters OP
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The link you posted seems a bit dangerous. The site doesn’t let you read the news without “allowing Ads” or “subscribing”.

I’d recommend reading the article through google cache:

Google cache of OP article
 
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You are kidding 🙂 ohhh that is lovely @(name removed by moderator) 🤣 really, reading through the article and finding an ethnographic description of a “Cajun” nun…Is that the description from where you ladies are from??? A small town with extended family all living nearby?! Ohhh, that is just lovely…😅🤣😂 You ladies are sweet 🙂
 
Thanks for sharing @(name removed by moderator) I genuinely enjoy these portraits of American life given in the first person. And the chance of you being related to the nun described in the article adds to the rarity of this opportunity. It also helps me to better relate to the nuns and your Cajun community. 🙂
 
That was a great article. I love reading about these self-sacrificing women, so often misunderstood by the secular world.
 
One of my sisters in the Dominican laity introduced me to the Passionists. I knew they existed, but she actually put the literature in my hands. She even took me to Erlanger to attempt to dissuade me from the Visitation. She was a Passionist Promoter (not sure what that is), and gave me a tiny Passion Sign pin. Although I am a Lay Dominican, I also consider myself a Lay Passionist because I incorporate their spirituality into my way of life.

One piece of literature that this lady let me see (she and her husband were discerning separation for the sake of entering separate cloistered orders) was “Your Life as a Passionist Nun” from Ellisville. They had a six-foot tall novice at the time of the photo, and about 10 to 15 sisters. I was truly surprised to see that they had lost members so badly. Yes, all of the Passionists need vocations – all branches, but especially the nuns. The active branches are the “hands and feet” of the nuns’ promotion vow – that all be grateful for the Sacred Passion.
 
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