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Kylemore Abbey Vocations?

  • 08-02-2012 10:41pm
    #1
    nomull27
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    How many nuns are left at Kylemore Abbey?

    Because the beauty of the place you'd think that some women thinking a life as nun would go their because of the sheer beauty of the place and the Benedictine life is a good life to lead (for someone discerning a vocation)...?


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  • #2
    Onesimus
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    Hello. Are you the one discerning the vocation here? :) If so I will pray for you.


  • #3
    nomull27
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    no, i'm a lad but have though about glenstal abbey more than once or twice...


  • #4
    Onesimus
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    nomull27 wrote: »
    no, i'm a lad but have though about glenstal abbey more than once or twice...

    Have you ever given Melifont Abbey Collon, Co.Louth a peek? its a really nice place and the Monks there are a brilliant bunch.

    Tough life is the Benedictine way but the Lord calls each to his own vocation according to his strengths and weaknesses I guess.

    They are the hardest order ( I think ) in the Latin Church and do seven offices a day starting at getting up at three in the morning then 4am for an hour vigil and so on from there. Plus work on the farm and study too.

    They let you take it in easy though so you can gradually take it all on step by step.

    So how long have you been thinking of your vocation to the Benedictine order?

    Onesimus


  • #5
    robindch
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    nomull27 wrote: »
    How many nuns are left at Kylemore Abbey?
    I believe there are still four or five there, but they're outnumbered by nuns resident in old folks' homes. There used to be at least one monk from Glenstal there too, but I gather he's returned to base camp.


  • #6
    nomull27
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    Onesimus:
    I have been thinking about a vocation with several years, but really considered it after my grandmother died last June.

    As for the Benedictines, i pondered about joining since i saw some article or video on Dom Mark Patrick Hederman, as was fascinated about the order and the abbey.

    Also I have thought about joining the Cistercians at MSJ Abbey Roscrea, the Franciscans Novitiate Ennis, the Augustinians and the Christian Brothers among other religious orders and also diocesan/secular clergy.


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  • #7
    I Heart Internet
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    Onesimus wrote: »
    They are the hardest order ( I think ) in the Latin Church

    I think you'll find the Carthusian's are the "hardest" of all http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carthusian

    There was an excellent film in the last few years about their mother house in France (Grande Chartreuse) it was called Into Great Silence. They have a monastery in London.

    Nomull27 - best of luck with the discernement. I know the Irish Dominican's are awash (almost) with vocations in the last few years.

    Also, there's a brand new Benedictine house in Stamullen Co. Meath (3 monks took up residence in the last few weeks). If you fancy blazing a trail. I could be wrong but I think they may use exclusively the extraordinary form of the roman rite.


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