Female Communities - Study

[Cran]

Hope I didn’t choose the title too confusing :hypno:

I have been considering a vocation for some time, and have always been attracted to the more conservative and contemplative communities (have contact with the ICRSP).

BUT there is another part in me that wants to study, to teach my whole life long, not only at school, but als at university to further my own studies (I am currently finishing my degrees in theology/history). I am not sure if this as a part of my life I have to give up or not if further pursuing religious life, and to consider this, I started to search for a community that encourages it members on this path, as Jesuits do with theirs, but so far, I wasn’t very successfull…

Could your recommand one?

 

[FCEGM]

Hope I didn’t choose the title too confusing :hypno:

I have been considering a vocation for some time, and have always been attracted to the more conservative and contemplative communities (have contact with the ICRSP).

BUT there is another part in me that wants to study, to teach my whole life long, not only at school, but als at university to further my own studies (I am currently finishing my degrees in theology/history). I am not sure if this as a part of my life I have to give up or not if further pursuing religious life, and to consider this, I started to search for a community that encourages it members on this path, as Jesuits do with theirs, but so far, I wasn’t very successfull…

Could your recommand one?

Cran, the Dominicans have the charism of both contemplation and study. This community in the U.S. might be a good place to start with further investigation; they should be able to direct you to a similar community in Germany or elsewhere in Europe:

nashvilledominican.org/Main.htm

 

[rien]

Another much smaller teaching order are the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of The Eucharist.

Maybe someone has more info. I read they have gone from 4 to 80plus sisters in a decade. I think they are just in 4 or so dioceses teaching. Still quite small. But the growth makes them sound dynamic.

www.sistersofmary.org

 

[NewUlm1976_2000]

Hope I didn’t choose the title too confusing :hypno:

I have been considering a vocation for some time, and have always been attracted to the more conservative and contemplative communities (have contact with the ICRSP).

BUT there is another part in me that wants to study, to teach my whole life long, not only at school, but als at university to further my own studies (I am currently finishing my degrees in theology/history). I am not sure if this as a part of my life I have to give up or not if further pursuing religious life, and to consider this, I started to search for a community that encourages it members on this path, as Jesuits do with theirs, but so far, I wasn’t very successfull…

Could your recommand one?

These communities offer teaching opportunities at either K12 or College Level.

St Benedict’s Monastery, St Joseph MN (OSB order) (College)
sbm.osb.org/

Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, St Paul MN (College)
csjstpaul.org/

School Sisters of Notre Dame (K12)
ssnd.org/

Franciscan Sisters of Rochester MN (taught me in Catholic grade school) (K12)
rochesterfranciscan.org/Pages/body/index.html

 

[Cran]

Thank you two, that was indeed very helpful

 

[Lepanto]

Beware of all the flaky women’s congregations out there. A quick rule of thumb: skip them if they do not wear the religious habit. They are on their way to extinction.

I recommend that you investigate these congregations:
cmswr.org/member_communities_cmswr.htm

Let us know how you progress.

 

[rien]

Beware of all the flaky women’s congregations out there. A quick rule of thumb: skip them if they do not wear the religious habit. They are on their way to extinction.

I recommend that you investigate these congregations:
cmswr.org/member_communities_cmswr.htm

Let us know how you progress.

How would you rate benedictines of mary, Queen of The Apostles? They wear a habit and ironically I today got a request to support thier building of a monastery in Missouri.

 

[NoPlaceLikeRome]

From what I have read they seem top notch. Cloistered, though, not teachers.

 

[1234]

Those “flaky congregations which don’t wear a habit” are going to be your best bet in finding a congregation which encourages and supports teaching at the university level, which is what it sounds like you have in mind.

the Dominicans of St. Cecilia teach K-12 only and are under immense pressure to keep teaching at those levels.

ditto the Daughters of Mary Mother of the Eucharist, who arose from the St. Cecilia Dominicans.

The advice to look at the OSB’s of St. Joseph and the Srs. of St. Joseph of Carondelet is more accurate.

The updated non-habited orders tend to attract mature women with multiple university degrees, many of whom teach at the university level.

There are several active Benedictine and Dominican congregations in the USA which fall into this category.

Look at websites which feature profiles of their members. And don’t be afraid to email these to find out what they support.

 

[Lepanto]

Those “flaky congregations which don’t wear a habit” are going to be your best bet in finding a congregation which encourages and supports teaching at the university level

But how trustworthy is what they are teaching?

If you want a congregation with many members holding doctorates (medicine, law, and otherwise), are involved in teaching, and are loyal to the Church check out:

rsmofalma.org/

They are growing – and they wear habits, too.

 

[1234]

The following communities have strong ties to higher education in the US:

Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati-== teach at Mount St. Joseph College.
srcharitycinti.org/ministry/sponsored.htm

Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth teach st St. Elizabeth College, which they founded. scnj.org/ministry_locations.htm–

Sinsinawa Donimicans-- teach at Dominican University
sinsinawa.org/WhatWeDo/WCollege.htm

Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet
csjcarondelet.org/ministries/education/

a long list of sponsored colleges, universities and high schools

Srs St. Benedict at At Joseph Minn teach at the College of St. Benedict, the women’s college affiliated with St. John’s University run by St. John’s Alley OSB, one of the largest in the world. This order of sisters is the largest Benedictine order in the US.
sbm.osb.org/

The 'updated" orders, who tend not to wear habits, are very open to the individual charism and, because of their strong history in promoting advanced learning for sisters, would be the most open to fostering a career or graduate learning and teaching. Check out the “Sponsored Ministries” on the websites of the largest orders to get a list of high schools and colleges/universities that an order sponsors.

All you have to do is to e-mail them.

The teaching orders, the Dominicans of St. Cecilia and Dominican Sisters of Mary Mother of the Eucharist are habited rapidly growing orders, but still small orders under tremendous pressure by US bishops to open parochial schools, probably at the elementary level as these are easier and cheaper to open.