Comments on: Nuns on the Move http://anunslife.org/2009/06/01/nuns-on-the-move/ Catholic Sisters and Nuns in Today's World Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:32:01 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Sister Gayle OSF http://anunslife.org/2009/06/01/nuns-on-the-move/#comment-32404 Sister Gayle OSF Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:59:41 +0000 http://anunslife.org/?p=3008#comment-32404 I will most likely move before summer's end, so I hope I do as well as Julie did. I will have time to sort, so that will help. I will most likely move before summer’s end, so I hope I do as well as Julie did. I will have time to sort, so that will help.

]]> By: jean http://anunslife.org/2009/06/01/nuns-on-the-move/#comment-32180 jean Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:55:42 +0000 http://anunslife.org/?p=3008#comment-32180 At the last minute, my mother has decided to travel with me, and is flying into a big city airport where I will pick her up tonight. I am rethinking my plans re: what to listen to on the long stretches across the plains (low and high) and in the mountains. My mother is into "this nun thing", as I call it, as long as it is "not too churchy", as she calls it. And just yesterday a friend gave me the perfect thing: two live recordings of Thomas Merton at Gethsemani monastery. One talk is "Silence" and the other is "The Way of St Basil". My mother loves Merton. The back of the Silence tape says, "Silence is our admission that we have broken communication with God. It has many human values but exists primarily to enable us to worship". The back of the St Basil tape says, "Merton discusses St Basil's examination of conscience and its rewards ons ide one; and the role of angels in our search for perfection on side two". (I can't tell how old these copies are but it says, "call 18003337373 for a free catalog") My mother loves Merton and my favorite traveling music (ANYTHING anything anything by Bruce Cockburn) so I think we'll be in good shape. She said she'll opt to ride on the roof of my truck if I play any religious music so, in the event of emergency need for a break from being (s)mothered, I have a very long version of the Divine Chaplet of Mercy.... (A joke). Well, sort of. I am also practicing my knot-tying from my rockclimbing days. And I do have a canoe rack on top of my truck. At the last minute, my mother has decided to travel with me, and is flying into a big city airport where I will pick her up tonight. I am rethinking my plans re: what to listen to on the long stretches across the plains (low and high) and in the mountains. My mother is into “this nun thing”, as I call it, as long as it is “not too churchy”, as she calls it.
And just yesterday a friend gave me the perfect thing: two live recordings of Thomas Merton at Gethsemani monastery. One talk is “Silence” and the other is “The Way of St Basil”. My mother loves Merton. The back of the Silence tape says, “Silence is our admission that we have broken communication with God. It has many human values but exists primarily to enable us to worship”. The back of the St Basil tape says, “Merton discusses St Basil’s examination of conscience and its rewards ons ide one; and the role of angels in our search for perfection on side two”.

(I can’t tell how old these copies are but it says, “call 18003337373 for a free catalog”)

My mother loves Merton and my favorite traveling music (ANYTHING anything anything by Bruce Cockburn) so I think we’ll be in good shape.

She said she’ll opt to ride on the roof of my truck if I play any religious music so, in the event of emergency need for a break from being (s)mothered, I have a very long version of the Divine Chaplet of Mercy….

(A joke). Well, sort of.

I am also practicing my knot-tying from my rockclimbing days.

And I do have a canoe rack on top of my truck.

]]> By: Yankeereb http://anunslife.org/2009/06/01/nuns-on-the-move/#comment-32177 Yankeereb Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:35:36 +0000 http://anunslife.org/?p=3008#comment-32177 To avoid the clutter of "stuff" in my life, I made a rule for myself -- for everything I buy, I have to get rid of something. Besides stopping that natural tendency to acquire more than is needed, it saves me money. Many an impulse purchase has been resisted because I didn't want to give up something I already had. To avoid the clutter of “stuff” in my life, I made a rule for myself — for everything I buy, I have to get rid of something. Besides stopping that natural tendency to acquire more than is needed, it saves me money. Many an impulse purchase has been resisted because I didn’t want to give up something I already had.

]]> By: marla http://anunslife.org/2009/06/01/nuns-on-the-move/#comment-32128 marla Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:57:20 +0000 http://anunslife.org/?p=3008#comment-32128 jean, mary dennis does many things in accordance with her vow of poverty that i could never dream of doing. the heat thing is uppermost; cold makes me miserable. mary dennis has gone to jail to be true to her vows and her baptismal promises, too, http://soaw.org/article.php?id=1269, and is a one-woman army for the homeless and marginalized. the woman is amazing. she makes me nuts, though, sometimes. one christmas we sat in her freezing house--which was bad enough!--but then she refused to keep score as we played scrabble! have you ever had a triple word score on a bingo and have no place to put the numbers?! well, neither have i, but the possibility drove me nuts! i love mary dennis madly and she introduced me to the world of activism many years ago, which changed my life dramatically and gave me something to believe in. nuns always seem to "get" the hardest principles with such ease. it has been my privilege to call her my friend. jean,

mary dennis does many things in accordance with her vow of poverty that i could never dream of doing. the heat thing is uppermost; cold makes me miserable. mary dennis has gone to jail to be true to her vows and her baptismal promises, too, http://soaw.org/article.php?id=1269, and is a one-woman army for the homeless and marginalized. the woman is amazing.

she makes me nuts, though, sometimes. one christmas we sat in her freezing house–which was bad enough!–but then she refused to keep score as we played scrabble! have you ever had a triple word score on a bingo and have no place to put the numbers?! well, neither have i, but the possibility drove me nuts!

i love mary dennis madly and she introduced me to the world of activism many years ago, which changed my life dramatically and gave me something to believe in. nuns always seem to “get” the hardest principles with such ease. it has been my privilege to call her my friend.

]]> By: Brian http://anunslife.org/2009/06/01/nuns-on-the-move/#comment-32066 Brian Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:38:38 +0000 http://anunslife.org/?p=3008#comment-32066 Dear Sister Julie - I have been living in the same house with my wife for 32 years. My kids are grown and out of the house. My only child at home now is Shelby, our golden retriever. I wanted to move many times, but, my wife says NO. We grew up poor, in small apartments, and we should be happy with the house we have. So, I can not relate to the process of moving. But, as a volunteer with the Missionaries of Charity, I never stop moving! God bless! Dear Sister Julie -
I have been living in the same house with my wife for 32 years. My kids are grown and out of the house. My only child at home now is Shelby, our golden retriever. I wanted to move many times, but, my wife says NO. We grew up poor, in small apartments, and we should be happy with the house we have. So, I can not relate to the process of moving. But, as a volunteer with the Missionaries of Charity, I never stop moving!

God bless!

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