If you wish to be perfect, go sell your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.
―Mt 19:21 (see also Mk 10:21)
If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.
―Mt 16:24 (see also Lk 9:32)
20 Signs of Trouble in a New Religious Group
By Pete Vere, a Canadian "canon lawyer, author, and Byzantine Catholic.**
** I.e., of the Byzantine rite, rather than of the Roman rite, within the Catholic Church.
Do I Have A Vocation?
RELIGIOUS ORDERS
FIRST ORDERS (men's orders)
Franciscan: Capuchin Friars Province of St. Augustine
Carmelite: Carmelite Monks
These are the monks of Mystic Monk Coffee fame.
Dominican: Dominican Students
SECOND ORDERS (women's orders)
Benedictine: Tyburn Convent
Benedictine nuns in London, England Life in Tyburn Convent is "centred on Eucharistic Adoration for the glory of God and prayer for the needs of the whole human family." Aside from England, the Sisters have monasteries in Australia, Columbia, Ecuador, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Peru, and Scotland.
THIRD ORDERS (aka lay)
OBLATES
ASSOCIATIONS
Madonna House
Founder: Servant of God Catherine Doherty (convert from the Russian Orthodox Church)
Main centre: Combermere, Ontario, Canada, Diocese of Pembroke
…he said to his mother, "Woman, here is your son." Then he said to the disciple, "Here is your mother." And from that hour the disciple took her into his own home.
―John 19:26‒27
Madonna House is a Catholic lay community of men, women, and priests, with field houses throughout Canada and internationally. The main goal of Madonna House is to form a community of love modeled on that of the Holy Family, who were "a community of perfect charity and love." Those at Madonna House "have a common desire to serve God in a very humble way of life"; a "spirit of self-sacrificing love for God and neighbour" is meant to penetrate every aspect of living.
Individual guests are very welcome and share in the life of the Christian family. Cana Colony for Families is a wonderful alternative to your usual summer vacation destination. Madonna House also has a gift and book shop (all the proceeds of which go directly to the poor), and free Pioneer Museum.
Page last updated: March 15, 2017
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