Free resources to promote and honor the hidden lives of contemplative religious in cloisters and monasteries.
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by Sr. Marie Jeanne, PCC
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by Sr. Maria Epifania, SSpSAP
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by Sr. Marites, OCD
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Read the full article on Crisis Magazine by Gretchen Erlichman.
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I keep an old, dilapidated copy of a Catholic literary classic that has helped me tremendously over the years. So impressive was this work that, despite having been written most especially for nuns, I used it in 2010 as one of the sources for a little book of short meditations called Saint Alphonsus Liguori for Every Day.
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The rising bell sounds throughout the dormitory cloisters at 3:30 AM, and the monastery day has begun. Sister Maria, not gifted with the charism of early rising, dresses with heavy eyes but devout heart.
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Feature article and video from ESPN highlight former basketball star Shelly Pennefather’s 25th Jubilee as a Poor Clare Nun in Alexandria, VA.
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Some cloistered traditions have a specific devotion to Mary at the root of their charism. In this month of May, I want to highlight a few of these traditions.
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Mother Catherine Marie, CP, from Whitesville, Kentucky, was named the first Mother President of the Congregation of Passionist Nuns! Mother Catherine Marie wrote the following reflection describing the Holy Spirit’s work at the General Chapter in which she was elected.
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Many young women discerning cloistered life are interested in monasteries that practice Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. We highlight some of the communities with Adoration and explain the role it plays in their life.
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Cor Orans reflects on the observance of “Cloister” within the broader framework of the whole monastic life of nuns, restoring a proper balance in understanding the observance of cloister.
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To comply with the requirements of recent Vatican documents, the Visitation Sisters of the First Federation in the United States have taken some important steps.
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First of all, if this is you, you’re not alone. In fact, you’re in fantastic company.
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The truth is, ALL cloistered nuns pray for priests! But some cloistered traditions consider it a special part of their charism to pray for priests.
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It was a bright sunny day when I awoke on January 17, feast of St. Anthony, called the first hermit. This celebration would be simple.
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Can life really be “merry” inside a Poor Clare cloister? This classic book written by Mother Mary Francis, P.C.C., reveals the challenges, cares and joys of that cloistered life from an “insiders” view.
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Cloistered life has a whole vocabulary of its own. As you read about nuns, you may wonder why they sit in choir, rather than singing in choir. And you may have no idea what a hebdomadarian is.
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The smallness of the world did not stifle the Incarnate God. Rather, he brought his infinite love into the cramped quarters of our fallen world and transformed it into a truly boundless place.
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No matter how one may want to look at it, five o’clock is truly early in the morning; and it is at this time that the stillness of the monastery is abruptly broken by the alarm.
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The world is sleeping as I make my way through the darkened cloister. Not all the world: I think of my friends who are nurses and new mothers. Perhaps our vocations are not altogether different.
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When we are more aware of God’s love for us, then we are better able to handle the sufferings of life, because we know that we are not alone.
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In a world where “time is money,” the Monastic culture grasps a deeper reality. For the contemplative, it is not a matter of material gain; rather, all time is at the service of God.
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St. Francis de Sales provided his spiritual daughters with a little book called The Spiritual Directory, in which he “walks” his daughters through the day from “Rising” and ending with “Going to Bed.”
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