Male version of nuns

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paul11b said:
You do need to become Catholic first. I would go to your local Catholic parish and enroll in an RCIA program and become completely Catholic before worry about becoming a monk, or priest. There are many ways to follow God and RCIA will make sure that you know everything that Catholicism is and it may even help you to find out what the different ways are that each of us are called to follow God’s will. Most monasteries, abbeys, seminary schools, won’t allow you to join until you’ve been Catholic for a couple of years. I would recommend that you pray about it a whole lot and get into RCIA as soon as possible. If you want to be a monk or priest I would also recommend that you pray the Divine Office since all monks, and priests have to pray the Divine Office, here is a link to a book of the Divine Office: amazon.com/Christian-Prayer-Catholic-Book-Publishing/dp/0899424066/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1309013075&sr=8-1 . Your first step should be to get into RCIA, I can’t stress it enough, become Catholic, see what we’re all about, pray a whole lot about your vocation, pray for guidance, and learn all you can about the Catholic faith.
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yea i can understand that, i just posted this thread to find out if their were Catholic monks or not
 
Even so, I highly recommend visiting a monastery for a retreat, even before you become a Catholic officially. It can be a very rewarding spiritual experience, and even if you can’t make confession or take communion yet, you can ask to speak with a monk for direction, and participate fully in the liturgy of the hours. I visited monasteries in this way often, long before I was a Catholic or even intending to become one, and it had great benefits for me (not least of which was that I ultimately did become Catholic!)
 
TuAutem said:
Even so, I highly recommend visiting a monastery for a retreat, even before you become a Catholic officially. It can be a very rewarding spiritual experience, and even if you can’t make confession or take communion yet, you can ask to speak with a monk for direction, and participate fully in the liturgy of the hours. I visited monasteries in this way often, long before I was a Catholic or even intending to become one, and it had great benefits for me (not least of which was that I ultimately did become Catholic!)
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thats something i really want to do and i will do atleast once in my life if the Lord wills , and even though im not Catholic yet i try to still be religious like pray the rosary daily and read the Bible and try to life a saint life
 
Is the difference between a brother and a monk the same as between a sister and a nun.

From my understanding, nuns are cloistered or contemplative while sisters are out in the world.

Is the same distinction between a monk and a brother?
 
Do ourself a favor and avoid all the trappists, they most likely will teach you about thomas merton, a man you do NOT need to emulate.
 
Gregory_I said:
Do ourself a favor and avoid all the trappists, they most likely will teach you about thomas merton, a man you do NOT need to emulate.
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I disagree with this post. There are a lot of rumors about Thomas Merton, but I believe him to be a good man. Most of the things people think about him cannot be proven. Thomas Merton did at times tend to be a brash man, he kind of “told it like it is” but then again so did our Lord Jesus. I guess that the best thing you could do is decide for yourself if you think Thomas Merton is a good person to emulate. I would recommend that you read his book The Seven Storey Mountain and then you’ll know about him and you could decide for yourself if you think he is a good man or not. I like the Trappist monks, they are very devout people and I’ve known them to be happy and great followers of Christ.
 
PacoG said:
Is the difference between a brother and a monk the same as between a sister and a nun.

From my understanding, nuns are cloistered or contemplative while sisters are out in the world.

Is the same distinction between a monk and a brother?
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Monks are men who live in monasteries. They may or may not be ordained. They are the male equivalent of nuns. Men who are Benedictines, Cistercians, Trappists, Camaldolese, Carthusians, and perhaps a few other orders are referred to as monks.

Among women, those who lead active lives are sisters. You can’t say that brothers are the same since brothers can also be found in monasteries. Brothers are male religious. They might be more active or more contemplative.
 
 
paul11b said:
I disagree with this post. There are a lot of rumors about Thomas Merton, but I believe him to be a good man. Most of the things people think about him cannot be proven. Thomas Merton did at times tend to be a brash man, he kind of “told it like it is” but then again so did our Lord Jesus. I guess that the best thing you could do is decide for yourself if you think Thomas Merton is a good person to emulate. I would recommend that you read his book The Seven Storey Mountain and then you’ll know about him and you could decide for yourself if you think he is a good man or not. I like the Trappist monks, they are very devout people and I’ve known them to be happy and great followers of Christ.
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That’s not why. It’s because he started off Catholic, and essentially ended up buddhist.

We should not respect people who think the Catholic church is not the unique, sole, unblemished, fully complete bride of Christ. If you are looking somewhere else, then go somewhere else. But if you want to be a member of the CATHOLIC CHURCH, outside of which absolutely none are saved, then you need to commit to the Catholic ideology, theology, and philosophy. There is no room for seeking the “truth” (Which the Catholic FAITH ALONE is the fullness of) in other religions, when they are blinded by ignorance because of the member’s sinfulness (2 Cor. 4:1-4). What could possibly be learned? It implies Christ is not enough.

Thomas Merton is an exemplar of Catholic Liberalism, which is a sin.
 
Gregory_I said:
That’s not why. It’s because he started off Catholic, and essentially ended up buddhist.

We should not respect people who think the Catholic church is not the unique, sole, unblemished, fully complete bride of Christ. If you are looking somewhere else, then go somewhere else. But if you want to be a member of the CATHOLIC CHURCH, outside of which absolutely none are saved, then you need to commit to the Catholic ideology, theology, and philosophy. There is no room for seeking the “truth” (Which the Catholic FAITH ALONE is the fullness of) in other religions, when they are blinded by ignorance because of the member’s sinfulness (2 Cor. 4:1-4). What could possibly be learned? It implies Christ is not enough.

Thomas Merton is an exemplar of Catholic Liberalism, which is a sin.
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Thomas Merton was never Buddhist, he was completely Catholic. He did promote harmony between the faiths which is a good thing. I think that everyone should be Catholic because you are right that the Catholic Church saves souls but we just seem to have a different opinion of Thomas Merton. I just think that it would be best for the person who created this post to learn all he can about all types of monastics, including, but not limited to the Trappists because the fact of the matter is that Thomas Merton is one of the most respected Catholic monks of our time. It would be best for anyone who is not familiar with him to learn about him and then decide for himself.
 
Gregory_I said:
We should not respect people who think the Catholic church is not the unique, sole, unblemished, fully complete bride of Christ.
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Baloney. We are to respect all people of all faiths.

Respect does not mean accepting heresy. It means simply, respect.

I would also avoid slagging an entire religious order on the basis of your opinion of a single monk.
 
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