Rosalind Moss' New Community -Daughters of Mary, Mother of Israel's Hope

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ClareTherese-thanks for your message šŸ™‚ .

Yes, I feel the same way you do-If I was going to be a religious, Iā€™d go into one that was more quiet and prayerful. 'Way back in the early 70s I thought of being a Discalced Carmelite, but it never panned out šŸ˜¦ . I tried the Third Orders of the Franciscans and the Discalced Carmelites in succession, and they didnā€™t work out, either!

But Iā€™m happy that Rosalind Moss is filling a need for the Church today-and she is not putting an age limit on her community! I hope and pray that, whoever the new Archbishop of St. Louis is, she will get approval for her community!
 
ASimpleSinner said:
I heard Sister Ross speak this weekend at the Coming Home Networkā€™s annual Deep In History conference.

After hearing her speak, all I can say is if she needs a co-adjutor brother, I am glad she has my e-mail.
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I was also at that conference, and one of the people in my group is an old friend of hers. We spoke briefly as I am interested in her new community, I have her email addressā€¦but it is wrong as I keep getting an ā€œundeliverableā€ message. šŸ˜¦

And Iā€™m with youā€¦after hearing her speak, well, Iā€™m ready to call her ā€œMotherā€.

And I havenā€™t been able to say that about any other community.

Whether Iā€™m there or not, I pray that they get a good Archbishop (please pray for them!), and she herself said that sheā€™s heard one is on the wayā€¦a good one. I hope it is so!

The world needs her and her mission.
 
Adoro_Te_Devote said:
I was also at that conference, and one of the people in my group is an old friend of hers. We spoke briefly as I am interested in her new community, I have her email addressā€¦but it is wrong as I keep getting an ā€œundeliverableā€ message. šŸ˜¦

And Iā€™m with youā€¦after hearing her speak, well, Iā€™m ready to call her ā€œMotherā€.

And I havenā€™t been able to say that about any other community.

Whether Iā€™m there or not, I pray that they get a good Archbishop (please pray for them!), and she herself said that sheā€™s heard one is on the wayā€¦a good one. I hope it is so!

The world needs her and her mission.
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Hello! It is good that women such as yourself, are called to her type of Apostolate, But I know that ever since I began mine, it was more towards the contemplative side. This I knew deep in my heart in 1997. I started watching EWTN, especially the mass, and started saying the Divine Hours, Divine Mercy Chaplet, Rosary, and learning everything I needed to learn. I got a real great spiritual director, and she told me to write to communities that appealed to me. I did try out the Secular OCDā€™s, Secular Franciscanā€™s, but their is just something ā€œmissingā€. I prayed before the Blessed Sacrament one day, and the answer came in a whisper.šŸ™‚ I am too Be a Nun, to wear the Sacred Veil, and Habit of the community!!! If it is contemplative/active, then so be it. Prayer, meditation, adoration,study, and manual labor, or an apostolate that the community does. Not my choosing, but His. Have a Beatiful Day and week:p JMJ
 
Do you think the Internet helps or hurts your search? Itā€™s so mind-boggling the number or orders and interesting sitesā€¦many years ago, you heard of a few but had to write or callā€¦it is nice to be able to discern with so many at your fingertips but also a bit overwhelming.
 
debraran said:
Do you think the Internet helps or hurts your search? Itā€™s so mind-boggling the number or orders and interesting sitesā€¦many years ago, you heard of a few but had to write or callā€¦it is nice to be able to discern with so many at your fingertips but also a bit overwhelming.
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Thatā€™s why itā€™s so important to get quiet and listen to what the Holy Ghost is leading one to do. Thatā€™s also why the actual convent/monastery visits are SO important!

What is one being called to? Active? Cloistered? Eremitic?

I think a lot of people who are looking at cloistered are actually being called to eremitic (hermit). Iā€™m not saying that because Iā€™m founding an eremitic community, but because the Order of Hermits is making such an incredible comeback after c.603 was promulgated in 1983. How Iā€™d wished Iā€™d known about it in college!

Blessings,
Cloisters
 
The key to discernment is very simple. Grace builds on nature. What is your nature? If left alone are you drawn into long periods of quiet time (no TV, or radio, etc. for distraction) and or reading. Or do you find yourself being active - making phone calls; contacting people or getting together with others? Even helping others with projects could indicate a more active orientation. There are religious communities that stress more active apostolate. There are communitities that stress more contemplative. And cloister communities can be the most active in some peopleā€™s eyes. The only difference is you donā€™t talk on a regular basis. But a life that starts at 4:30 AM and ends with compline at 7:45 with regulated structured time for work (communal and personal) and one hour a day alone is not contemplative what many would call contemplative. The cloistered Carmelites would come the closest to a contemplative community. Each sister spends more time in their cell than the average cloistered community.

As far as the eremitic life is concerned, unless lived in a laura or skete (where several hermits live in individual dwellings), the acquisition of daily necessities (like sacraments, shopping, laundry, etc), daily living can take up large chunks of the day with little real contemplative time unless very disciplined.

For those of you who are not aquainted with this group I recommend checking this out. There are many resources on this site and they have a complete list of communities that belong to Perfectae Caritas.

religiouslife.com/

One more thought, you will never find the perfect community. If you think of any of the saints, they became saints in the midst of some very difficult circumstances. The difference was their determination to put God above everything and everybody, especially themselves

Just some thoughts
 
I hope some of you were able to watch Father Groeschelā€™s Sunday Night Live show with Mother Dolores Hart as the guest. She has a physical disability so speaking was not that easy for her. But, in spite of her disability, she was very charming and even funny. In case you are not familiar with Dolores Hart, she was a beautiful movie actress who gave Elvis Presley his first on screen kiss.

Father G had mentioned that he was praying for Madonna to publicly repent and come back to the church. Sister had mentioned that before she entered the convent she had a fiance who never married and had become very supportive of not only Dolores but all the nuns. One day there was some vegetation that was invading Madonnaā€™s estate from her next door neighborā€¦who just happened to be the former fiance of Dolores. Madonna became furious and sued her neighbor. He then called up Mother Dolores and asked for prayers for the outcome of his lawsuit with Madonna. Sure enough, the nuns prayed and Don the neighbor won the suit! God is good! He was so happy that he won the case that he asked Dolores what he could give as a token of his gratitude. She said she always wanted an African parrotā€¦so lo and behold, there is now a big parrot living in the abbey!
 
I did see thatā€¦I missed the first few minutes and donā€™t know if Fr. G mentioned her Neuropathy. She raises money for that and her friend Don Robinson helps (old finance) Sometimes I wish a show could go longer, that was one.
 
Donā€™t forget to listen to Catholic Answers on your radio or on the net tomorrow to hear any updates from Sister Rosalind.

Wednesday

November 5

3:00 to 4:00 Pacific standard time

Unfortunately, she was not on the last time she was scheduled.
It has been a whole month since the last radio update.
 
debraran said:
Do you think the Internet helps or hurts your search? Itā€™s so mind-boggling the number or orders and interesting sitesā€¦many years ago, you heard of a few but had to write or callā€¦it is nice to be able to discern with so many at your fingertips but also a bit overwhelming.
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I find it helpful,but it can be overwhelmling. I donā€™t know if it is helping me in my search or not. Surely,it tells us more than a little blurb in a book. Ivā€™e been searching awhile, and at times I feel Iā€™m no closer to finding a community than when I started,although that might not be true.
 
stars said:
I find it helpful,but it can be overwhelmling. I donā€™t know if it is helping me in my search or not. Surely,it tells us more than a little blurb in a book. Ivā€™e been searching awhile, and at times I feel Iā€™m no closer to finding a community than when I started,although that might not be true.
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I know what you mean as far as writing to communities. I used to write to so many communities, that their were communities that interested me, and I would write back. Iā€™m very attracted to a community that wears a Habitā€”traditional or full. A prayer life with adoration, but with meditation sometime in the day, would be great.šŸ™‚ Now that I am getting older, I must look at communities that would accept a woman, with a small impediment, almost 29 yrs. I am looking at contemplative, and cloistered, definitely not hermit order. I must take medication, only 2, for the rest of my life. šŸ˜¦ Sometimes I pray so very hard to God, that I would get cured of such a mild disease. But then I think, He probably gave it to me for a special, unknown reason. I know for sure my spirituality is franciscan, and I am drawn to the Poor Clares. However, I am not having any luck. I am not a talker, nor do I like to go to a party. Iā€™m not interested in the Benedectine life. I have visited 3 monasteries, only one interested me, and they were Cistercian. I did a 2 month live in, but was not to be. He knows, not me. They are a growing community now. I am very happy for them!!! Sister J, can you give me any feedback? God Bless You!
 
Please continue to pray for Sister Rosalind. She needs all the prayers we can muster.
 
Sister Rosalind is on the Catholic Answers radio show right now:

Wednesday December 17

3:00pm to 5:00pm Pacific time

Itā€™s unusual for her to be on for the full two hours. I hope you have the chance to either listen today or listen to the archive at another time.
 
I received an email from a friend recently (who was in St. Louis) that
6 women were to visit for a come and see within the last few weeks.
Pray for Godā€™s will to be done.
 
whatā€™s new with Daughters of Mary? I want to see them! and how about their archbishop?
 
There has been no new appointment as yet. The Vatican Offices are closed now until the first of the year. I doubt if St. Louis will have a new archbishop until next year some time. The auxiliary bishop is the administrator and doing a fine job from what I hear.
Unless there is difficulty, Rome will wait to find the right man for St. Louis. St. Louis used to be called ā€œRome of the Westā€ because of the high percent of Roman Catholics in the Archdiocese. It is a pivotal diocese, so there will be careful selection. Archbishop Burke has the title of Archbishop Emeritus of St. Louis. And he will have great influence in the selection of the new Archbishop.

There is an old adage ā€œno news is good newsā€. Sister Rosalind is speaking at the Marian Conference in January. God willing I will attend. And perhaps I will get the chance to speak with her then and can share what has been going on with the Daughters.

A Blessed Christmas to all.
 
:christmastree1: M E R R Y C H R I S T M A S! :bounce:

This has been such an eventful year for Sister Rosalind and we have been so fortunate to share her new beginnings on this forum. I listened to a Kresta in the Afternoon show on Catholic radio a few weeks ago and Mr Kresta was asking callers to help him make a list of the 10 most influential people or heroes of 2008. I was so happy to hear one caller nominate Sister Rosalind. Al Kresta very happily seconded the nomination. šŸ˜ƒ
Sister J, thanks for your updates on the happenings in St Louis. I have a feeling 2009 is going to be a wonderful year for Sister Rosalind. 2009 will be the year she becomes a "Mother" to all her new sisters. Maybe Al Kresta will put her on his hero list again next year.
 
onetruechurch said:
:christmastree1: M E R R Y C H R I S T M A S! :bounce:

This has been such an eventful year for Sister Rosalind and we have been so fortunate to share her new beginnings on this forum. I listened to a Kresta in the Afternoon show on Catholic radio a few weeks ago and Mr Kresta was asking callers to help him make a list of the 10 most influential people or heroes of 2008. I was so happy to hear one caller nominate Sister Rosalind. Al Kresta very happily seconded the nomination. šŸ˜ƒ
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 Sister J, thanks  for your updates on the happenings in St Louis.  I have a feeling 2009 is  going to be a wonderful year for Sister Rosalind.  2009 will be the year she becomes a "Mother" to all her new sisters.   Maybe Al Kresta will put her on his hero list again next year.
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And an updated email address would help, too! A website would be even better.

Blessings,
Cloisters
 
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