There were nine Sisters, but their age range discouraged receiving younger women. Contact Information: Sr. Jean McGoff P. Box Oldenburg, IN Email:jeanmcgoff gmail. Oldenburg Carmelites. During the years that the Carmelite nuns occupied the monastery buildings, they were an integral part of the religious life of the Diocese and subsequent Archdiocese.
They led a life of prayer and meditation in the Carmelite tradition, and during the years when they sponsored a public novena for the feast of St.
Teresa, thousands of faithful from near and far came to the Carmel to join them in spirit—the nuns remained in the cloister while the faithful spread across the front of the property. The nuns made altar breads for use at Mass, and in time produced several publications.
In the years following the Second Vatican Council, the nuns examined the roots of their religious life, as did many other religious in the Church.
They experimented with prayer forms and traditional observances, all the while seeking to rediscover the spirit of the reform once put in place by St. Seller Rating:. Used - Softcover Condition: Good. Within U. Quantity: 1. Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Also find Softcover. Published by Psalter Carmelite Monastery, Published by Carmelite Monastery, Quantity: 2.
Published by Carmelites of Indianapolis. Condition: GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Being life-long seekers of that precious intimacy, of which Teresa of Avila spoke , they live out her insight: ".
Their monastery in Indianapolis was unlike any architectural ambience I have ever experienced. Approaching this grey stone replica of a 16th-century monastery of Avila brought a sense of awe and expectation. Walking through stone arches and beautifully carved oaken doors called me into the "sounding solitude" of St.
John of the Cross. I came for retreats, Sunday liturgies, and for a three-week live-in, experiencing a pervasive sense of peace and contemplative energy. The silence was like the breathless beauty of a snowfall, calling me into a new space, uncluttered and breathing with possibility. Their rhythm of life was a gentle cycle of praying the Office, mindfully walking in the lovely garden, focused work time, simple, nutritious meals and conversation after supper, all with a strong emphasis on community, both local and global.
Their work time was spent in baking altar breads with additional income provided by type-setting for Cistercian Press. The latter equipped them with skills and a network in publishing that would help them evolve into another expression of their contemplative ministry.
In the mids, a request of a new member to address God as "You" opened their hearts to explore gender-neutral language in deepening a relationship with the Divine. Desiring to foster the Vatican II call to "universal holiness," they composed sacred texts with language that includes and celebrates the feminine.
The first copies of their psalter sold out almost immediately. Eventually they would publish , copies of People's Companion to the Breviary , which many local communities, including mine, still find valuable for renewing our "zest for life. Their prayer was focused on healing, especially united with those living with AIDS or other suffering people. True to the Carmelite tradition of study, their exploration of the Divine developed a broader context, finding the sacred within all of creation.
Like Teilhard's, their mysticism was fashioned by evolution and awe at the delicate balance of ecosystems, as well as awareness of destructive practices reducing Earth to a wasteland. They prayed for a new planetary ethic. I recognized in them a "zest for life" as they welcomed a search for the Divine beyond words and fostered a desire to promote justice through the contemplative lens of their life in community.
Their interaction with public relations colleagues in the late s also affected their shift of consciousness.
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