Posted on 08/24/2009 12:25:04 PM PDT by Pyro7480
The new set of nuns has moved from Nebraska to inhabit the Elysburg Monastery, which had been home to a revered group of Carmelite nuns who moved to Danville in January 2008....
...Mother Stella expressed the nuns' happiness and excitement in living in the Elysburg community.
"We are very privileged to be able to come back and open this monastery," she said, noting the close bond the nuns have formed with former Elysburg Carmelites, who are now referred to as the Danville Carmelites....
At the chapel, an Extraordinary, or Latin Mass, will be celebrated Monday through Friday at 7 a.m. and Saturday and Sunday at 8 a.m....
When the former Elysburg Carmelites left, the fate of the monastery was unknown. With the work of the Rev. William Waltersheid, secretary for clergy and consecrated life in for the Diocese of Harrisburg, the new group arrived in Elysburg in April. By Monday, 11 nuns will live at the monastery.
Nine of those 11 are in their 20s, creating a "young and vibrant group," said Waltersheid, who grew up in Locust Gap and spent time at the Elysburg monastery as a youth....
The new community is founded from the Carmel of Jesus, Mary and Joseph of Valparaiso, Neb. They came to the Diocese of Harrisburg because of a constant increase of vocations to their monastery that caused overcrowding. Their total number is 33, and the maximum desired number of nuns in a Carmelite monastery is about 21....
The Valparaiso, Neb. Carmelites join the Danville Carmelites and the Dominican Nuns of the Perpetual Rosary in Lancaster as the third contemplative community of nuns in the 15 counties of the Diocese of Harrisburg....
Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of the Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg will be in attendance at Monday's Mass and will bless the monastery.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsitem.com ...
Catholic ping!
If it is inhabited by Nuns, is not a Convent, not a Monastery?
Gunner
I’m a die-hard Protestant but my wife and I are good friends with a Carmelite nun. She’s a wonderful Christian lady.
I think in the case of cloistered nuns, it is still referred to as a monastery.
I never knew “discalced” meant “shoeless” until a few months ago ...........
The Carmelite nuns are in need of donations. Gifts can be sent to Carmel of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, 430 Monastery Road, Elysburg, 17824..
They came to the Diocese of Harrisburg because of a constant increase of vocations to their monastery that caused overcrowding.
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Reading that gave me goosebumps. Praise God for this most blessed situation of overcrowding.
Will do.
Thanks. Will do.
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