What does it take to join a religious order?

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I would like to join a religious order and use my talents.i amI have Asperger syndrome-like charateristics so I might have trouble getting along with my fellow brethern.
 
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I know someone with Asperger’s who was turned down by one group but accepted into another. It depends on a lot of factors. The severity of your symptoms, the kind of religious order, the individual group’s attitude, whether there’s any kind of help you can get to make things easier… If I were you, I’d meet with the vocations director and ask. They may say yes 🙂 and if they don’t - it’s not fun to hear the word “no,” but it’s all part of the discernment process. It leads you closer to God’s Will for your life.

May the dear Lord bless and keep you!
 
Yes, it depends on the order. Since you seem to have Aspergers (it’s all Autism Spectrum Disorder now), you’d have to see where your attractions are, then see if the community would be willing to work with you. The more documentation you have from “experts”, the more willing they may be to work with your individual needs.

Our emerging Charity charism sponsors the Leonie League and the Blessed Herman’s Eremitical Network, which supports the work of the League. At this point in time, it’s primarily prayer support. At some point in time, we pray that if it be the Lord’s will, that the Sisters (and possibly Brothers) for the Autistic will eventually be founded from our main Charity charism.

There are, believe it or not, many possibilities for persons with autism to serve God, His church, and humanity. Are you male or female?

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Mrs Cloisters OP
Lay Dominican
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It depends. If you go through the process for annulment, and they say you’re still sacramentally married, one option would be claustral oblate at a Benedictine monastery. The Carthusians have Donate Brothers, which might possibly be another option. I don’t think secular institutes take divorced persons, unless founded specifically for the divorced.

Third Orders/Oblatures will have their own rules about divorcees.
 
Becoming a Benedictine monk might be a really suitable option for you.
 
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