Religious catalogs

[Another_Mary]

(I hope I am not posting in the wrong place. I believe the subject does pertain to some sort of spirituality.)

It’s that time of year again. I am getting catalogs in the mail.

The one today had me wondering. I was going to ask for (name removed by moderator)ut but…

I won’t mention the name of this one but I believe it is put out by a Catholic er…congregation.

Leafing through it I find:

Mandalas
a Gaia Stone (symbolizing the sacred feminine)
Zen Spirit calligraphy (might not have anything to do with zen–just Japanese calligraphy)
two styles of desktop labyrinths for “privage meditation”
and a books by … oh well, I think I answered my question.

Oh, they do have two styles of the “tools for prayer” that many of us call a rosary.

 

[sungirl]

That is … interesting. Are you sure the group is Catholic?

 

[Dorothy]

It sounds very much that the group is “catholic” in name only. It is definitely a new age group.

 

[Another_Mary]

That is … interesting. Are you sure the group is Catholic?

It sounds very much that the group is “catholic” in name only. It is definitely a new age group.

Hmmm… Many of the people mentioned in the catalog (artists and staff and volunteers) have initials after their names.

I finally went to the website of the group that puts out the catalog (there is also a link to the catalog there) and I am still searching for the word “Catholic”. Here’s the website.

Wikipedia does state that “The Sisters of St. Joseph are a Roman Catholic order of women founded in Le Puy, France.” (link)

The group’s webpage says that their “birthplace” was also Le Puy, France (link) so I assume they are, or were at one time, the same (or part of the same) group.

But as I said, with a cursory look I did not see catholic or Catholic on the site. Probably for a good reason…

 

[sungirl]

That really is very interesting. Thanks for sharing the website. I did find the word Catholic in the history section (as well as Jesuit), but the nonhistory parts do seem very New Age. And it seems to me they’re being deliberately vague about a lot of details. It really is interesting!