Traditional Convents?

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These sisters pray the office in Latin but their masses are in English unless a priest from their order comes to visit.

They are the Cistercian nuns of Valley of Our Lady Monastery in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin. They are a very sound order.
 
SPX said:
VERY HELPFUL!!! Thanks so much!!!
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There’s also the order that Rosalind Moss is starting in St. Louis. The name escapes me right now. They will be traditional and faithful to the Church as well.
In Christ,
Jennifer
 
onaquest said:
These sisters pray the office in Latin but their masses are in English unless a priest from their order comes to visit.

They are the Cistercian nuns of Valley of Our Lady Monastery in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin. They are a very sound order.
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Thank you. Do you know if they are in communion with Rome? I saw they are mentioned on the SSPX website…
 
The Norbertine Sisters of the Bethlehem Priory of St. Joseph
Tehachapi, California

They don’t have a website, but there’s a paragraph about them on this church website if you scroll down the page: olqa.org/communityoutreach.php

And for more information, contact them, or specifically Mother Mary Augustine at 17831-A Water Canyon Road, Tehachapi, CA 93561-7686 or (661) 823-1066

From what I understand of the Norbertines, there seems to be groups within the order that are very liberal, and those that are very traditional. These sisters in Tehachapi and their brothers at St. Michael’s abbey are more like what you’re looking for 🙂

The young adult group at my church visits them once or twice a year (or however much visiting one can do with cloistered sisters) to serve them by working on various projects on their grounds. I can’t say enough about them. They are wonderful…joyful, prayerful, and gracious. Their daily mass in is latin, and they pray/chant the divine office in latin as well. I’ve been there 3 times now, and it’s a beautiful experience.

It’s in a very rural setting in the high desert mountains somewhat near Bakersfield. Most of the service projects my group does involve building barbed wire fences to keep the wild boars out of the vegetables, and the milk goats on the property (no joke!). The sisters try to be as self-sustaining as possible, and in addition to raising their own food, they have a small shop where they sell wonderful cheeses, jam, honey, and devotional items (often handmade).

I hear they have a waiting list unfortunately, but they’re currently raising funds to be able to expand their facility, so it’s definitely worth looking into.

God bless!
 
iona_scribe said:
From what I understand of the Norbertines, there seems to be groups within the order that are very liberal, and those that are very traditional. These sisters in Tehachapi and their brothers at St. Michael’s abbey are more like what you’re looking for 🙂

The young adult group at my church visits them once or twice a year (or however much visiting one can do with cloistered sisters) to serve them by working on various projects on their grounds. I can’t say enough about them. They are wonderful…joyful, prayerful, and gracious. Their daily mass in is latin, and they pray/chant the divine office in latin as well. I’ve been there 3 times now, and it’s a beautiful experience.
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I live across the street from them (the St. Michaels’ Norbertines) and they are holy men. I go there every weekday morning for Mass. They offer the Novus Ordo but it’s completely abuse free, often completely in Latin, communion is taken kneeling and on the tongue, and the music is Gregorian chant.

Like most of SoCal, it’s dry in the summer, but gorgeous and lush in the spring. If you go to the website the above poster linked to, there’s a gallery with some beautiful pictures.
 
SPX said:
Thank you!! I will add this to my list!!

Btw - for anyone who is interested, I did find an “Official Traditional Catholic Directory”
traditio.com/tradlib/masslat.pdf
(Religious orders for women can be found on page 156)
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I think we’ve established that traditio is a schismatic website. There’s a thread somewhere in the forum on it…

I’m learning quickly that you have to be pretty careful about finding traditional orders online.
 
You’re right, but from an organizational standpoint this is helpful because the list notes if an Order is part of the SSPX, CMRI, Diocese, or is independent, etc. There are legitimate Orders listed here as well. Although, I’m wondering what “independent” means…

Truthfully, I am fairly new to all of this. I had no idea how careful I needed to be in researching a good orthodox community!
 
There is a Carmelite monestary in Dallas, TX that I know for sure celebrates the EF, because it’s the only one in Dallas that does. 😉 Very traditional, and their chapel is beautiful! They don’t have a website, but here is the contact info:

Reverend Mother Prioress,
O.C.D.
Carmelite Monastery
600 South Flowers Ave.
Dallas, TX 75211-4413
Tel. 214-330-7440
Fax 214-623-1885

Found it on this website:

carmelitenunsstjoseph.org/monastery.htm
 
Hey - thanks so much for responding. Someone else mentioned this community to me but after a little research I found that the nuns do not participate in the EF Mass.

web2.airmail.net/~carlsch/MaterDei/index.htm

“The Mater Dei Latin Mass Community meets on Sundays at the Carmelite Sisters Chapel with approval of the Bishop and the Sisters.* However, these cloistered Sisters are not involved with the Latin Mass.* Please do not communicate with these cloistered Sisters about the Latin Tridentine Mass.”

Its such a shame because the pictures look beautiful and from what I hear, they are a wonderful community.
 
I think what they mean is that you shouldn’t bother them with questions about it… I had to email someone to get the directions to get there, apparently they got bugged about it quite alot.

I don’t think it’s even possible to do a OF mass in that chapel, the altar is built into the wall… it would really, really surprise me if they weren’t a traditional convent 🙂 Though admittedly, I didn’t see any of the sisters there at the time I went.
 
opiemuyo said:
Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Church are very active at my children’s school as are the four sisters that inspired them to come return to the Church who are Missionaries of Charity (Blessed Theresa’s order)
If you truly believe you are being called traditionally, check out the following link, this is the order that the Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Church came from right here in Spokane. I have seen nothing but good from this fine community. Also do a web search for north Idaho there is a traditionalist community that I see flying regularly in and out of the airport where I work, and I know some of these priests very well, if you are interested I can do a bit of data mining from one of them and get some info should you want it!
stmichaels.org/
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The community in the link at St. Michaels is not communion with Rome. They are a sedevacantist community. The Church forbids that Catholics in communion with Rome join them.

The Sisters of Mary Mother of the Church are in communionn with Rome.

If you’re looking for a cloistered community you may want to look at the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration or the Poor Clare Nuns.

If you want an active, but contemplative community, the Missionaries of Charity (Mother Teresa’s society) are very orthodox.

Other active and contemplative communities are the Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal, the Sisters of Life, and the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia.

JR 🙂
 
Jenny_Z said:
There is a Carmelite monestary in Dallas, TX that I know for sure celebrates the EF, because it’s the only one in Dallas that does. 😉 Very traditional, and their chapel is beautiful! They don’t have a website, but here is the contact info:

Reverend Mother Prioress,
O.C.D.
Carmelite Monastery
600 South Flowers Ave.
Dallas, TX 75211-4413
Tel. 214-330-7440
Fax 214-623-1885

Found it on this website:

carmelitenunsstjoseph.org/monastery.htm
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This is just an FYI. I don’t know how accurate this is, but the other day Fr. Mark Mary said on EWTN that the only enclosed community west of the Mississippi in communion with Rome are the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration. You may want to keep an eye on this.

JR 🙂
 
JReducation said:
The community in the link at St. Michaels is not communion with Rome. They are a sedevacantist community. The Church forbids that Catholics in communion with Rome join them.
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EDIT- woops, I thought you were talking about the Norbertine St. Michael’s abbey, nevermind. 😊
 
JReducation said:
This is just an FYI. I don’t know how accurate this is, but the other day Fr. Mark Mary said on EWTN that the only enclosed community west of the Mississippi in communion with Rome are the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration. You may want to keep an eye on this.

JR 🙂
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I think he may be mistaken… the TLM at that convent is approved by the Bishop of Dallas/Fort Worth (back when they needed approval).

Also, from this website:
The Mater Dei Latin Mass Community is a Roman Catholic community established under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Dallas. Its purpose is to make available to the faithful the Sacraments as offered according to the liturgical books in use in 1962.
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Originally it was an “Indult Latin Mass” and now is an “Extraordary Latin Mass” as defined by Papal Documents
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The Mater Dei Latin Mass Community operates within the proper jurisdictional hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church. The Community does not, in any way, condone those who think that it is possible to preserve “tradition” outside of full union with Rome and the valid successor of St. Peter, Pope Benedict XVI.
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I don’t think the good Bishop would approve an Indult Mass at a convent that wasn’t in Communion with Rome…
 
JReducation said:
This is just an FYI. I don’t know how accurate this is, but the other day Fr. Mark Mary said on EWTN that the only enclosed community west of the Mississippi in communion with Rome are the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration. You may want to keep an eye on this.

JR 🙂
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You might want to check into this Benedictine monastery in Washington. I believe they are in communion with the Church.
rockisland.com/~mhildegard/
 
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