Religious orders for discernment to be a sister

[pulchraesamicamea]

Hello friends!
So, I have been discerning lately. But in my country, there are hardly any resources that I would have in Canada so I am rather lost on this matter. My church does not have a sister residing, and it seems that speaking to other sisters and seeking vocation help are quite limited with the structure of the dioceses here. I’ve been researching Korean orders right now, but I do not speak Korean as fluently as other normal Korean adults would do, because I moved to Canada when I was only 12. I was requested to return due to my health, but I’m actively discerning now as my health improved so fast and I show almost no signs of my rare diseases.

So, my question would be: what are the orders that you know of that might be good for active work? I do not know if I am called to the contemplative orders as I would like to actively help people outside of the convent. I’ve been looking into the Salesian Order because I love young people, but I thought it would be good to consider other orders as well. I just have absolutely no resources nor help, so that is why I am coming to ask all of you if there are other orders that you know of that might be good.

Thank you all so, so much!

Michelle

 

[mrsdizzyd]

Where are you now? Canada or Korea? Where would you like to be in community?

My two favorite active orders are the Daughters of Charity and Dominican Sisters.

Here is a link to the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill Korea Province: The Korean Province - Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill

I’m sure there are Dominicans in Korea as well. If you contact the diocese vocation office they should be able to tell you about the active Sisters in the diocese.

 

[TTLE127]

@Cloisters

 

[Cloisters]

Permit me to clarify – the rare diseases left when you returned to Korea? And your Korean isn’t that good because of your years in Canada?

The first thing you’d need to do is get a spiritual director. Then speak to the diocesan Vocations Director. Volunteer for youth ministry at church or something else that deals with youth in the community.

Practice reading out loud to help your speech. It could be that you’re not relaxing the tongue enough. Immigrants here have to have moderate speech therapy to help them learn to lift their tongues when speaking English. Since you had those years in Canada, your tongue may still be trying to speak English.

I can’t remember if I’ve got any Korean monasteries listed on my main website. Click the first link below my signature, and find the Cloisters on the nav bar. That will take you to another page. Then choose International Cloisters. Visiting would be a great help in discernment.

Blessings,
Mrs Cloisters OP
Lay Dominican
http://cloisters.tripod.com/
http://cloisters.tripod.com/charity/
http://cloisters.tripod.com/holyangels/id9.html/a

 

[TomH1]

what are the orders that you know of that might be good for active work?

The Church has many good orders with an active apostolate. However, one cannot be recommended to you. It is not like recommending a university. You need to feel you have a vocation to the order. You do not even narrow it down to what you beleive you are called to do: teach, nurse, work with the homeless, work with drugs addicts, etc.

there are hardly any resources

Search for religious orders online. A search will bring up many. I’ve never yet seen a religious order’s website that doesn’t contain information on vocations.

 

[nunsuch]

The Vision Vocation Network (which publishes Vision Magazine) has an online “vocation match” tool that is free of charge. It is a questionnaire that, once you fill it out, will result in several communities being recommended to you.
https://vocationnetwork.org/en/