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Ora_et_Labora_1
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A thought just occured to me: what will I do with my pets once/if I enter the religious life? Does anyone know if communities allow their members to maintain pets?
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Phemie
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Some do. I know that because my former Oblate pastor had a Samoyed who was like a child to him. When he retired he moved into a community where there was at least one other dog and a few caged pets (birds, etc.) and he took his dog with him.
But, perhaps that had more to do with his age and seniority and would not have happened in another house. It doesn’t mean that you would be allowed to bring a pet with you upon entering a community.
But, perhaps that had more to do with his age and seniority and would not have happened in another house. It doesn’t mean that you would be allowed to bring a pet with you upon entering a community.
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Ora_et_Labora_1
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I’m asking because at the moment I’m far away (an ocean away actually) from my pet cat, who has been a really company to me. She is with my parents, but I worry about if they will keep her or not should I enter the religious life, as they’re not happy at all with what they understand to be “a waste of life”.
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Dirk_Skene
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It depends a lot on the order & especially the abbot or mother superiour. There is no pat answer. Sorry.
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Inity
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I guess that in most orders the answer would be “no”…
Fortunately here are people who will care about my cat, when I’d join the monastery. Together with friends we have 20 cats in the house; one of them is personally mine
Yeah, I’m living in a true “cat farm”… just btw, if someone enjoys cat photos, you can see some of our cats in the gallery:
pics.livejournal.com/inity/gallery/0000ax83
I won’t miss my cat too much, though. My dog was much more close to me, and he was one of reasons keeping me away from monastery for some years - even when I was already free from everything else (no parents, no boyfriend). It was hard for me to ever imagine giving my dog to someone else. And I knew that it will be impossible to take him with me.
Fortunately here are people who will care about my cat, when I’d join the monastery. Together with friends we have 20 cats in the house; one of them is personally mine
Yeah, I’m living in a true “cat farm”… just btw, if someone enjoys cat photos, you can see some of our cats in the gallery:
pics.livejournal.com/inity/gallery/0000ax83
I won’t miss my cat too much, though. My dog was much more close to me, and he was one of reasons keeping me away from monastery for some years - even when I was already free from everything else (no parents, no boyfriend). It was hard for me to ever imagine giving my dog to someone else. And I knew that it will be impossible to take him with me.
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Joe_Kelley
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I suspect that it is uncommon. However, we were once on a retreat at San Luis Rey and one of the Franciscan priests had a large black dog. He was aptly named Rug; he was always laying in the middle of some walk way.
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