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How many Sisters does your family have contact with?

My family knows none.
 
I have two sisters and three brothers. If you are asking about religious sisters, we went to school run by Adrian Dominicans, so nuns were essential part of our lives growing up. My children went to schools taught by Ursulines (Youngstown) and Sisters of Notre Dame (Chardon OH). Their kids attend Catholic schools each of which has one sister serving as principle, but no nuns as teachers. DH and his brothers were taught by Augustinian Friars. the school and friary have long since closed.

down here most children have never seen a nun, or would not recognize them if they had, because so many from US orders do not wear a habit (most people call me Sister because I have short hair, do not wear makeup due to allergies, wear a cross and a lot of blue)
 
I am sad to say that I have never had any real contact with any. I wish I had more opportunities to share, work and pray with some.
 
There is one Carmelite sister at my parish who I have a decent amount of contact with. She’s kind of like the den mother of our young adults group. I also see another once in a while at daily Mass (she wears a blue habit) but I’ve only spoken to her like once.

I also have a good friend who will enter the convent when she finishes college as well as another acquaintance who will be doing the same. Both have been going to retreats at various convents to find out which order to join.
 
Our very small parish (900 families) is very lucky to have 3 Dominicans, 1 Franciscan and one other nun (hispanic ministry). 1 Dominican is principal and 1 dominican and 1 Franciscan are teachers at our parish school. Our school has only about 200 students and our village has about 13,000 residents. All our religious are very present in our lives. We are a very close community and most of our community activities are centered around our church as is the same with the Lutheran and Baptist churches in our community.
 
Well, I say go out and find yourself some new friends! Check at your parish, hospitals and schools. There should be some convents and monasteries close by. There are fewer sisters these days, but nuns make wonderful friends and are powerful pray-ers indeed! Many have ministries of their own that you can involve yourself with. There is a convent in the Northeastern United States that has an “adopt a nun” program. A dear friend of mine has a ministry to assist the homeless: srbjpantry.com/ I invite all to visit the site! There are orders who host retreats, too. :gopray:

Take a nun to lunch - or better still, invite several over for dinner or even a movie! Since they take vows of poverty, remember to be generous! :yup:
 
Well I consider myself very lucky, I am 18 and have had constant contact with numerous religious sisters and consecrated women my whole life, two older friends of mine became Franciscan sisters that continued to run a summer camp in my area that I spent every summer at growing up, Full in habit franciscan sisters, brothers, and priests. And then my older sister became a consecrated Lay women with the movement Regnum Christi, and so for the last 9 or 10 years I have known women living that life, as well as sisters at my parish, (mostly not in habit) and disocese, and through conferences and retreats.
 
I had two great-aunts who were Benedictines (OSB). The last one died a couple of years ago at 101. I had two Sisters (osb, again) for first and fifth grade.

Things aren’t the same now. When I ran into my first grade teacher she gave me a hug that I will describe as “icky”. Nuns here want women’t ordination; at first, they blamed the bishop for not doing more. He co-wrote (with another bishop) something promoting this. Now the Sister’s blame the Pope.

It’s been along time since I’ve spent time with any Sisters who were in it for Jesus. I have had the privilage to meet some Nashville Dominicans, one of them before she entered. We were around the same age and she was so full of joy I probably would have followed her around if it wouldn’t have been creepy.
 
Sadly, I have never even met a religous brother or sister in my entire life. I would like to though.
 
We know many brothers and sisters… in fact many go to our church:yup:… it’s sad that many others don’t know any
 
The sisters at Marymount Hermitage are two of our best friends. My parents bought land nearby and built a cabin. We can walk to their chapel and participate in Lauds and Vespers with them. They helped me know that my husband was the man for me. Sister Rebecca Mary said, “Now she’s cooking with gas!” after she met my now husband.

You have not lived until you’ve seen a sister in a blue denim habit wearing hiking boots. For anyone who wants to get to know some sisters better, the hermit sisters offer retreats at their hermitage. www.marymount-hermitage.org

They are the most wonderful people I have ever met. They changed my life!
 
I have known many Sisters in my life. My favorite now has Alsheimers - she was a brilliant scientist who saw God in everything she did. Sr. Alexine is an OSB

Then there is a Sr. who became close friends with my family - she passed away several years ago. Sadly she was one of those OSBs who thought women should be Priests among other liberal theology stuff.

In my life now is Sr. Alma, the DRE of my large Parish. I haven’t spoken with her for a while as when I started to work I quit teaching CCD. She is a wonderful Sister.

Hmmm, there is a Mother House for the Felicians in my town so we see sisters all the time at the Grocery store. Thanfully the Felicians wear a habit - you can tell they are Sisters even though they don’t wear the habits of the sisters from my youth. Their habits are more in keeping with living in the desert (which is where we are) - shorte dresses, smaller veils but they wear them!

The Flipini sisters run my Parish school and one is the DRE for my Parish (see note above about Sr. Alma). I love these women.

Brenda V.
 
We are fortunate to have a lot of nuns in our neighborhood. We see them at the grocery stores, office supply stores, warehouse type stores, drug stores and of course, in morning Mass. It’s nice, because even though we don’t hold conversations with these lovely ladies, my children see them and know they are part of a community of Catholics. I’ve said hi while waiting in line, but it seems that they like to stay to themselves (they are never rude, so please don’t misinterpret that). Our sisters are from 2 different orders, one is the Poor Clares and I don’t know the other order, but they do wear their habits still. I really like that. Plus our DRE is a nun, but she dresses in hearty but pretty suits with sensible shoes, so my kids didn’t know she was a nun except for I always called her Sister.
 
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