I want to be a nun!

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DBT:
So true.

Here are two links to the Discalced Carmelites in St. Louis:

www.stormpages.com/mtcarmel

www.stl-ocds.org/gallery/index.html

I’m an aspirant in the Secular Order in St. Louis. We meet monthly in this very monestary and pray regularily for vocations.

Best of luck to you!

Dave.
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Thank you!

I am highly interested in these Discalced Carmelites in Terre Haute, Indiana:

heartsawake.org/
 
Dear Holly3278,

I’m very pleased to have seen your postings. There are several women here with similar desires, as you are finding out. I would suggest that you keep looking around at different communities but also take care of first things first–becoming Catholic. Chances are, a community will ask you to wait at least a couple years after you convert before letting you enter.

Being a Discalced Carmelite myself, I obviously want you to look into Discalced Carmelite Monasteries. There are many of them, and no two of them are exactly the same. And, keep praying and begging God to reveal His will to you and give you the courage to carry it out, no matter what it is.
 
Holly, you may want to check out Mother Angelica’s Poor Claires. They just opened a new chapter in Arizona. They live in a cloister as well, spending time each day in praying the Rosary and Eucharistic Adoration. You could find out more at ewtn.com.
 
Br. Dan:
Dear Holly3278,

I’m very pleased to have seen your postings. There are several women here with similar desires, as you are finding out. I would suggest that you keep looking around at different communities but also take care of first things first–becoming Catholic. Chances are, a community will ask you to wait at least a couple years after you convert before letting you enter.

Being a Discalced Carmelite myself, I obviously want you to look into Discalced Carmelite Monasteries. There are many of them, and no two of them are exactly the same. And, keep praying and begging God to reveal His will to you and give you the courage to carry it out, no matter what it is.
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Wow! You’re a monk?
 
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mercygate:
Holly, check your PMs. mercy
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I don’t know if this means the question was answered in a private message so, to make sure, i’ll answer it.

No, I’m not a monk. I’m a friar. Most people just call all religious men “monks” and religious women “nuns” but there are differences and distinctions among the various Orders and communities and societies…which maybe doesn’t pertain to this thread.
 
Br. Dan:
Most people just call all religious men “monks” and religious women “nuns” but there are differences and distinctions among the various Orders and communities and societies…which maybe doesn’t pertain to this thread.
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Sorry to bother you with such picayune details, but could you kindly explain such differences? If in a new thread, please post a link to it in this one.

TIA

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Holly3278:
I am wanting to be a nun someday but I haven’t even officially converted to Catholicism yet. I am attracted to the contemplative life. I have felt called to be involved in the religious life since a few years back when I felt the call to be a missionary. Now I feel more called to the contemplative life. I just want to worship God and be more and more dedicated to Him all the time. :bowdown:
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that’s great, and we will all be praying for you, but a vocation to consecrated religious life is not a matter of “I want to do it” but a response to God telling you His will for your life. Discerning a vocation involves conforming your will to God’s will in all areas of life. Bear in mind also that there are many contempletives and mystics among lay Catholics who work and serve in apostolates in the world. God is surely calling you to come to know Him more intimately, and RCIA class is a great place to start learning about the Church He gave us to foster our prayer and devotion to Him.
 
I’ve been thinking about becoming a nun again lately. But I am also finally in RCIA so right now I am just focusing on becoming Catholic. I’m trying to take things slowly now as I have sense realized that I was getting in a little too deep a little too fast. :o

God Bless,
Holly
 
Well I am officially Catholic and I still want to be a nun but I don’t know if I can be or not because I have mental health issues.
 
Holly3278 said:
Well I am officially Catholic and I still want to be a nun but I don’t know if I can be or not because I have mental health issues.
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The vocational discernment process usually requires a battery of tests to determine one’s psychological fitness for Religious life (not that those tests are terrifically reliable – but they can discern serious personality incompatibilities with Religious life). Clearing that hurdle would be indicative.

Some time ago, I corresponded with someone who was terribly put-out because a friend of hers who has Asperger syndrome was not accepted into a Carmelite monastery. But think about it! Asperger syndrome would make a person absolutely MISERABLE in a monastic community. A vocation is a two way street. The community has to be right for you. And just as important, you have to be right for the community.
 
mercygate said:
The vocational discernment process usually requires a battery of tests to determine one’s psychological fitness for Religious life (not that those tests are terrifically reliable – but they can discern serious personality incompatibilities with Religious life). Clearing that hurdle would be indicative.

Some time ago, I corresponded with someone who was terribly put-out because a friend of hers who has Asperger syndrome was not accepted into a Carmelite monastery. But think about it! Asperger syndrome would make a person absolutely MISERABLE in a monastic community. A vocation is a two way street. The community has to be right for you. And just as important, you have to be right for the community.
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Oh I totally understand. 🙂
 
I want to be a nun too, but I am a methodist.
I think I’ll start a methodist nun group type thingy.
 
djamu said:
I want to be a nun too, but I am a methodist.
I think I’ll start a methodist nun group type thingy.
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You might not have to start your own group. Holy Wisdom Monastery is an ecumenical monastery for women in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. They had been a Roman Catholic monastery in the Order of Saint Benedict, but earlier this year they officially left the Church in order to more equally treat their sisters. They currently have Catholic, Lutheran, Episcopalian and Presbyterian members and would likely welcome a Methodist sister.
 
Holly3278 said:
I am wanting to be a nun someday but I haven’t even officially converted to Catholicism yet. I am attracted to the contemplative life. I have felt called to be involved in the religious life since a few years back when I felt the call to be a missionary. Now I feel more called to the contemplative life. I just want to worship God and be more and more dedicated to Him all the time. :bowdown:
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I know of a great order: see the link: www.iveamerica.org click on this, and look for the women’s branch: they have BOTH active/contemplative, and phone numbers provided, they are WONDERFUL!!! NUNS here are under: “Servents of the Lord” etc
 
Holly3278 said:
I am wanting to be a nun someday but I haven’t even officially converted to Catholicism yet. I am attracted to the contemplative life. I have felt called to be involved in the religious life since a few years back when I felt the call to be a missionary. Now I feel more called to the contemplative life. I just want to worship God and be more and more dedicated to Him all the time. :bowdown:
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Good for you!!! I’d check out the RCIA program nearest to you.
 
fiat1122 said:
I know of a great order: see the link: www.iveamerica.org click on this, and look for the women’s branch: they have BOTH active/contemplative, and phone numbers provided, they are WONDERFUL!!! NUNS here are under: “Servents of the Lord” etc
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Oh yes also, I like Mother Theresa’s nuns: the Missionaries of Charity: MY FAVORIT!!!
 
Your story sounds a lot like what I’m going through. I’m 21 and have had a calling to be a nun since I was 18. I wasn’t catholic when I realized I had a calling, and nor was I interested in the catholic faith at the time, so that told me that it was a calling from God. Not long after that I told my mom I wanted to become catholic and she was open to the idea, so we started attending mass at St. Patricks Church. Unfortunately it wasn’t until early this year that we started taking lessons from our Priest to become Catholic. Getting back to my calling, I had shoved it out of my mind for about 2 years, but last winter it came back stronger than ever. I know I want to give myself to God completely, but i’m undecided as to whether I want to be come an actual nun or a consecrated virgin. If I were to become a nun I would probebly join a community that does missionary work.
There are a two websites that have been a lot of help to me.
Here are the links:

vocation-network.org/

vocationplacement.org

I hope you can a find the community that is right for you. God Bless!!

Cassie
 
child_of_God85 said:
Your story sounds a lot like what I’m going through. I’m 21 and have had a calling to be a nun since I was 18. I wasn’t catholic when I realized I had a calling, and nor was I interested in the catholic faith at the time, so that told me that it was a calling from God. Not long after that I told my mom I wanted to become catholic and she was open to the idea, so we started attending mass at St. Patricks Church. Unfortunately it wasn’t until early this year that we started taking lessons from our Priest to become Catholic. Getting back to my calling, I had shoved it out of my mind for about 2 years, but last winter it came back stronger than ever. I know I want to give myself to God completely, but i’m undecided as to whether I want to be come an actual nun or a consecrated virgin. If I were to become a nun I would probebly join a community that does missionary work.
There are a two websites that have been a lot of help to me.
Here are the links:

vocation-network.org/

vocationplacement.org

I hope you can a find the community that is right for you. God Bless!!

Cassie
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Dear, have you looked into my two favorites? 1. Missionaries of Charity of MOTHER THERESA. 2. Sisters of Life of the Archdiocese of New York?
 
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