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Contemplative Women’s Orders

Contemplative Women’s Orders. Gabrielle Rogoff , Megan Roelant , Amelia Stewart. Characteristics of contemplative orders. Do not engage in active ministry Live in seclusion apart from the world L ives are taken up in prayer and meditation

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Contemplative Women’s Orders

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  1. Contemplative Women’s Orders Gabrielle Rogoff, Megan Roelant, Amelia Stewart

  2. Characteristics of contemplative orders • Do not engage in active ministry • Live in seclusion apart from the world • Lives are taken up in prayer and meditation • In order to sustain themselves, communities perform such tasks as keeping bees/bottling honey, farming, translation, artistic work, vestment design, vestment production and baking.

  3. Founders • Poor Clares- Saint Clare of Assisi • Cistercian Order- Robert of Molesme, Alberic of Citeaux and the English monk Stephen Harding

  4. Mission • Enables people to know the father and the mystery of Trinitarian communion so they can enter into the depths of God. • Expressed by listening to and meditating on the Word of God. • Participate in the Divine Life transmitted to us in the Sacraments. • Self-giving to others for the coming of the Kingdom

  5. Lifestyle/Rules • Spend several hour a day in the chapel for Mass and the Liturgy of the Hours • An hour for private study • Much of the day spent on manual labor and tending to the needs of the community • Hour or two set aside for recreation • Meals often eaten together in silence or while listening to a spiritual book on tape. • To leave the enclosure they must have a special kind of permission

  6. Vows • Chastity • Poverty • Obedience • Once vows are made, it is a very difficult process to be released from them. • Prayer

  7. The Orders Today • Poor Clares~ 20000 sisters throughout the world in 16 federations and in over 70 countries. • There were169 Cistercian monasteries at the beginning of the 21st century • Cistercian monks and nuns have a reputation of being silent, which has led to the public idea that they take a Vow of silence. This has actually never been the case, although silence is an implicit part of an outlook shared by Cistercian and Benedictine monasteries.

  8. Joining Process • Live a devout Catholic life, praying daily for God’s guidance and direction. • Discern that you are called to religious life. This doesn’t have to be a final decision, but one that you offer to God to see if He confirms it. A spiritual director can help you to discern your vocation. • Get information about different religious communities. Use this information to pray about which one is right for you. Contact vocation directors to find out more. • Visit a community that you may want to join and speak with its members. If your short visit was a success, apply for a longer one. • Make a decision to move forward. Apply for entry into the formation program. • Enter novitiate. This is the period of intense study, training, and prayer before you officially become a member of the order. • Take your temporary vows. These vows make you part of the community for one to three years.

  9. Interesting Facts, Saints & Leaders • Saint Clare founded the Poor Clares in 1215. • By the end of the 12th century, the Cistercian order had spread throughout France and into England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Eastern Europe

  10. Works Cited • "Cloistered, Contemplative and Monastic Religious Orders." Holy Spirit Interactive: Vocations -. Web. 25 May 2012. <http://www.holyspiritinteractive.net/features/vocations/intro_07.asp>. • EHow Culture & Society. "How to Join a Religious Order." EHow. Demand Media, 10 July 2007. Web. 25 May 2012. <http://www.ehow.com/how_2060540_join-religious-order.html>. • "St. Clare of Assisi." About.com Women's History. Web. 25 May 2012. <http://womenshistory.about.com/od/medievalsaints/p/clare.htm>.

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