Finally, I decided that I couldn’t be alone & started my own charism that I now share with six others, The Oblate Sisters of Mary Magdalene. We have one young man in Canada who is living our charism as a hermit, under the male gender’s name of Hermits of St. Andre. We are modeling our way of life after that of secular institutes, with much of our guidelines coming from the Sheonstatt Sisters of Mary. We have a habit for occasions of community, with a veil for women & cassock for men. In the world we have a common dress that is very discreet & an horarium that is made to blend into the day of regular working people & all who must operate outside of community. We have provisions for women who are unable to make the vows of the evangelical counsels & for married women who wish to be associates. We refer to them as Intercessors of St. Mary Magdalene… This is the Cliff Notes version. Anyone interested can contact me here on Catholic Answers.
