tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post3330166538151472887..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: New Nuns and Priests Seen Opting for TraditionFr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-22373869707380770782010-08-10T20:19:09.714+01:002010-08-10T20:19:09.714+01:00Hi there,
I think it rather an obvious phenomenon ...Hi there,<br />I think it rather an obvious phenomenon that young people are attracted to the traditional orders. In fact, I strongly believe that if Holy Church were to embrace its traditions and beauty instead of trying to adapt them to the fanciful whims of modernity and seeming "hip", many who struggle in the modern world would return to the Church. <br />I know for myself that seeing a religious person in full habit is awe-inspiring - I give a slight bow as they walk by. It inspires my respect for them because they are willing to non-verbally declare their faith in Christ. <br />Pax Christi, <br />J.L.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-52098363053969495842009-08-15T16:27:06.022+01:002009-08-15T16:27:06.022+01:00"But retaining new recruits is a challenge. A..."But retaining new recruits is a challenge. About half of those who have entered religious orders since 1990 have not stayed, and almost all who left did so before making their final vows."<br /><br />Oh you silly NY Times. Of course they left before their final vows! I left more than half the dating relationships I was in, always before "final vows", because of discernment. <br /><br />There's nothing scandalous with leaving a convent or the seminary before final vows or ordination because one has discerned they're called to something else. Just like there's nothing scandalous about breaking up with a boyfriend because God's peace is not in the relationship.Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01805401564651493025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-23434548211207865162009-08-12T22:14:12.933+01:002009-08-12T22:14:12.933+01:00This is wonderful, it will certainly encourage voc...This is wonderful, it will certainly encourage vocations.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06121562422631804938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-91602384873049888892009-08-12T18:07:35.736+01:002009-08-12T18:07:35.736+01:00Lee,
My prayers for daughter.
I would love to pub...Lee,<br />My prayers for daughter.<br /><br />I would love to publish a picture of the pinned, cartwheeling nun!Fr Ray Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-86826331114853901682009-08-12T14:50:22.936+01:002009-08-12T14:50:22.936+01:00To corroborate the New York Times story:
The Car...To corroborate the New York Times story:<br /><br />The Carmel of Jesus, Mary and Joseph in Valparaiso, Nebraska has 18 nuns in the novitiate, with at least 2 more on the way that I know of. And this is AFTER sending off a contingent of nuns to found a new house in Elysburg, Pennsylvania in late June.<br /><br />Mother Teresa O.C.D. paces her entrances at about one per month so that the community isn’t overwhelmed.<br /><br />She is obviously intent on founding yet another daughter house, since Carmelite monasteries should only have 21 nuns in them unless there are plans to make a foundation.<br /><br />This is a very sweet, joyous and penitential bunch that has all the offices and the Mass in Latin- and the new houses will also.<br /><br />They are all in full traditional Carmelite habit.<br /><br />This is probably one of the most authentic expression of Carmelite life in the world. Perhaps one of these days the other houses will take the hint….<br /><br />My daughter is there and she told me one of the nuns had been a gymnast. Occasionally for their recreation period she will do cartwheels and backflips for them- in their full traditional habit which she has pinned beforehand.<br /><br />What better image to symbolize the spirit of that monastery or the young people today entering these traditional orders?Lee Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16506547355314136320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-55010897874592029622009-08-12T09:16:31.815+01:002009-08-12T09:16:31.815+01:00"Some have considerable property assets"..."Some have considerable property assets". This is only partially true. The cost of looking after elderly nuns can be very high and assets can dwindle rapidly with employing lay people to look after them and/or paying nursing home fees. Further I do know of dying orders who have given financial help to some of the newer orders. But you do have a point! I hope the Bishops do not get their hands on it though!santoeusebiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07032325567755620919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-79926655492395204632009-08-12T04:30:13.186+01:002009-08-12T04:30:13.186+01:00Very good news!Very good news!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-84325200207150483262009-08-11T13:21:16.727+01:002009-08-11T13:21:16.727+01:00I would be very interested to learn how the proces...I would be very interested to learn how the process of winding down the dying orders will work. Some have considerable property assets. Can the local bishop direct that these be made over to newer orders? If not - what happens when millions of pounds/dollars worth of property is vested in a couple of nonagenarians? I have watched convent after convent close and be demolished in this country, and the land sold for building. Checking the Charities website shows that some sparsely populated aging orders are staggeringly asset-rich.How is this money re-invested? Surely there should be a proper transparent plan put in place to supervise this fairly. And also could I put in a plea for the Pugin chapels and original buildings at least to be handed over to traditionalist orders who would value them, rather than be smashed up and replaced by a McDonalds, as happened to my former school.Dillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01205740584849200357noreply@blogger.com