Just learned from another aspiring foundress that Blessings is closing shop, and will take orders for their nun dolls only until February. Anyone hear of this?...
In a message dated 1/16/2006 10:22:27 AM Eastern Standard Time, cloisters@... writes: Just learned from another aspiring foundress that Blessings is...
First off..I just posted 2 new pics. Both are of Servants of Mary, or Servite Sisters. One is from the community in Ladysmith, Wisconsin, who were founded by...
Does anyone know why they are closing up? Their work is exquisite -- not the awful "cutesy" stuff one sees elsewhere. And, the pictures.... How will there...
You shouldn't have a problem getting BROTHERS AND SISTERS from some place like Amazon or Abebooks or Alibris. I suggest you check www.addall.com for the best...
Good morning; are there no Dominicans in England? Very few here in Ireland also. See http://www.dominicansisters.com/ and like most here, they have discarded...
It seems that their prices are very high for the quality and serious colectors are not interested and other collectors don't want to pay that amount. I know a...
Dear Sister, Well, there are Dominican's in England but no nuns. Carisbrooke and Oxford closed about 20 years ago. There is a monastery of nuns in Ireland....
Dear Sister, Thank you.That is interesting; about the full novitiate I mean, as almost every Order in Ireland is dying. The Poor Clares I visit most are down...
I'm pretty sure they are all Irish. I will see their novice mistress this summer and will get the latest, I'm sure! We're so happy for them because it's been...
Ah, thank you. I remember the photos now of them. I almost called on them last summer when I went over that way. Since I came to Ireland I have met so many...
Oh, no! I've never been the land of saints and scholars! Their novice mistress comes here to the States for our yearly meeting of novice mistresses since there...
Sigh; few saints or scholars here now, and almost no habits. But beautiful.. Ah yes. The eyes feast and rest everywhere. Here I am amid lakes and forests; see...
Well, I finally had a chance to read my "Shepherd's Tartan", and to my great surprize, it is emphatically NOT the book I remember from my childhood! For one...
Anyone familiar with this article? http://www.aliciapatterson.org/APF1903/Reed/Reed.html Someone on "Women in Discernment" is reading a book Reed wrote, and ...
Interesting; I was talking about the book to someone this week. Miss Reed has a hang-up about Habited Nuns; they were prominent in nightmares apparently. ...
Excellent insights, Sister, and a great review. How sad that this type book gets press... we need more books with positive views of Christian life period!...
Bless you; I was a little worried I had been too stringent. I read the book a year ago; came back to it last week and found I simply could not read it. Cheryl...
Hi!! Please excuse me if you do not wish to read this but Siobhan sent it to us and asked me to forward to everyone we know ....... Susan In a message dated...
I've come up with five: 1. French Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul 2. Spanish Sisters of Charity 3. Philippine Sisters of Charity 4. Dominicans...
We're reading the book on St. Bernadette by Rene Laurentin in the refectory. Right now all we're hearing about is her cornette! So add the Sisters of Charity...
Good evening from Ireland. I was a little puzzled by this as when a box of books came here from an old Convent Library, a copy of the first edition of the...
Rev. Mother Mary Francis, PCC has retired as Abbes of Poor Clare Monastery in Roswell, NM last December. She is conferred with the title of Mother Emerita by...
... Monastery in Roswell, NM last December. She is conferred with the title of Mother Emerita by her Sisters in the same monastery.>> Since leaving Roswell,...
... Monastery in Roswell, NM last December. She is conferred with the title of Mother Emerita by her Sisters in the same monastery.>> Since leaving Roswell,...
Dear Maureen, I think you might be mistaken...Roswell founded the Chicago monastery in 2000. MMF just retired this past year. I believe she is still at...
... monastery in 2000. MMF just retired this past year. I believe she is still at Roswell. Their Christmas newsletter didn't say anything about her going to...