St. Bernards Abbey

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The requirement of no outstanding debts probably disqualifies 89.5678% of us from entering anyway:eek:
 
I know. But that is the same way in most religious orders. The reason being you don’t get much if any money when you are in an order. When I went to Glastonbury in Massachusettes they told me they get like $110 a month. So you really can’t have any debt going in.
 
I’ve done a personal retreat at St Bernard’s (we live near Cullman). It is beautiful, and singing the hours with the monks was an experience that took me back a thousand years.
I know. But that is the same way in most religious orders. The reason being you don’t get much if any money when you are in an order. When I went to Glastonbury in Massachusettes they told me they get like $110 a month. So you really can’t have any debt going in.
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If something were to happen to my wife, God forbid, I wonder what they would say about someone like me, retired, with a generous pension…

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I am sure they might find you would fit well into the community… and ask you nicely to sign over your pension to the community fund… -
 
Well, I just heard back from the vocations director. I am going for a 5 day retreat in March. If all goes well and they think I will be a good fit for the community I will be invited back for another few days to formally apply for acceptance and I will meet with vocation committee members. If they vote favorably on my acceptance I will begin postulancy on June 15th.

This seems like a really nice place but it’s up to God and where He wants me now.
 
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I am sure they might find you would fit well into the community… and ask you nicely to sign over your pension to the community fund… -
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I could agree to that, if they, in turn, would agree to devote a large percentage of it to the care of my autistic grandson.

St. Bernard’s is actually one of two Benedictine monastaries in town. The other, Sacred Heart Monastery (for nuns), is loosely attached to Sacred Heart Parish, and that is where my SU has become a Benedictine oblate.

The two monasteries are as different as chalk and cheese. St Bernard’s–reverent and orthodox (perhaps not quite so much so as the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament nearby outside of Hanceville). Sacred Heart–nuns in civvies, discordant modern music from the organist, and words changed in the prayers of the mass to fit a feminist agenda.

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I know a few in the religious orders. They all work in certain positions but their salary goes to the community. That is why I implied “signing over your pension.”
 
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DaveBj:
The two monasteries are as different as chalk and cheese. St Bernard’s–reverent and orthodox (perhaps not quite so much so as the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament nearby outside of Hanceville). Sacred Heart–nuns in civvies, discordant modern music from the organist, and words changed in the prayers of the mass to fit a feminist agenda.

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LOL! One of my godmothers is a nun there!!! I’ve never visited, though I have long expected that your take on it was probably the correct one (pantheistic nuns who wear earrings!). Still, I do love my godmother. Our “churchmanship,” however, hasn’t meshed in years.
 
I am glad to see St. Bernards is reverned and orthodox. That was my hope 🙂
 
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