The Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration<\/strong> of Our Lady of Solitude Monastery<\/a>, currently being built in Tonopah, AZ, have chosen a unique way to raise revenue. As they have more young women aspiring to enter than they can currently house (with one new novice and a postulant hoping to enter, soon, they are full-up), the sisters need to fund the living quarters that will attach to their emerging chapel. So they have taken to running:<\/p>\n I think the press loves nothing more than unusual \u201cNun news\u201d and the sisters have had lots of local coverage<\/a> of their efforts (scroll down).<\/p>\n The sisters have a separate blog page<\/strong> to cover construction news and updates<\/a>. I just spent quite the happy hour over there, marveling at how quickly a large chapel with dome can be raised when there are no weekly deposits of snow or days of biting rain.<\/p>\n You can check out the chapel appointments<\/a>, which are very beautifully thought out, and the architectural plans here<\/a>. And the metalwork<\/a>!<\/p>\n Can you guess which stained glass design I would sponsor<\/a> if I could?<\/p>\n This monastery looks like it will be a true spiritual oasis, when completed. I think you\u2019ll really enjoy checking it out, and if you have something or someone you want to memorialize, there are lots of opportunities, there.<\/p>\n [Cue news ticker] In other Nun News<\/strong>\u2026beep-beep-beep-beep-beep\u2026(am I dating myself with that reference?)\u2026wait, let me get out my banner, designed by Brian J: A sister community to the \u201crunning nuns,\u201d these PCPA\u2019s<\/strong> in Portsmouth, Ohio, have announced that they will be moving<\/a> from their rather dinky and land-poor house, to the Diocese of Charlotte. Probably a good move; Ohio has several PCPA monasteries, and Charlotte will very likely be in a good position to help them get established and rebuild. This particular community had nearly died out until some of Mother Angelica\u2019s nuns<\/a> from Hanceville, Alabama (who also provided the foundresses for the Arizona project) brought an infusion of much-needed new blood. Now, in addition to the perpetually professed nuns, they have three sisters in first vows, a novice and a postulant, so they are regrowing, and perhaps need replanting in this field of the Lord.<\/p>\n Meanwhile the Dominican Nuns at Summit<\/strong> (whose Gardener\u2019s Basket<\/a> I recently gave as a gift and it was a big hit), have taken their novices on a light-hearted \u201cfield trip\u201d to their archives<\/a>, where things got a little \u201chairy.\u201d They also have news of a new book that sounds interesting<\/a>, and their counterparts in Pakistan<\/a>. The Summit nuns are currently blessed to have almost a dozen young women in various stages of discernment, so we can look forward to more growth in this \u201cspringtime\u201d of evangelization. Since the show aired, the sisters have received positive feedback from all sides. Sister Maria Guadalupe reported that while traveling by plane, a flight attendant asked her if she had seen the \u201cnuns\u201d on Oprah. The question presented an opportunity for a lengthy conversation which proved edifying for those around them as well. She said that other sisters have also been approached about the show in gas stations, grocery stores, or on campus.<\/p>\n After the show, the number of young women registered for the sisters\u2019 February discernment retreat jumped from 70 to 135. The community has also received many emails from new and old supporters, both before and after the show, sharing their excitement. \u201cProbably our favorite feedback, though, comes in the form of stories we\u00b4ve heard, both directly and indirectly, from individuals who have been away from the practice of their Catholic faith, but were encouraged by the joy of our sisters to consider returning to the faith,\u201d explained Sister Maria Guadalupe.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n A few monastics<\/strong> that I keep in touch with have also written that the DSMME\u2019s on Oprah has resulted in inquiries to their communities, as well.<\/p>\n The Third Order Regular (TOR) Franciscan Sisters<\/a><\/strong> are also building their new motherhouse and chapel<\/a><\/p>\n The All Saints Sisters of the Poor,<\/strong> the formerly Episcopal nuns who turned Roman last September<\/a>, are breaking ground on a new hospice<\/a> Servant Sisters of the Home of the Mother:<\/strong> Gearing up for Summer<\/a><\/p>\n The Capuchin Sisters of Nazareth<\/strong> have a new website<\/a> and it looks very inviting.<\/p>\n Related News<\/strong>: Well, St. Catherine of Siena, who was a Dominican Tertiary, did say \u201crun, run, run\u201d. 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\nAfter Oprah:<\/strong> Last month the Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist<\/a>, in Ann Arbor appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show<\/a>. They report an overwhelmingly positive response<\/a> to that appearance:<\/p>\n
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\nSisters of Mary, Mother of the Church:<\/strong> If you live in the Spokane area, a retreat on Catholic living<\/a> that sounds great.<\/p>\n
\nThe Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal:<\/strong> Celebrate growth<\/a>
\nBenedictine Sisters of Clyde, MO:<\/strong> a new novice<\/a>
\nThe Franciscan Sisters of Peoria<\/strong> have a blog run by a novice, Sr. Veronica, and she writes of a perpetual profession<\/a> and the entrance of two novices<\/a>
\nThe Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist:<\/strong> a new novice<\/a>
\nSisters of Reparation:<\/strong> ditto<\/a>
\nBenedictines of Rock Island:<\/strong> vocation news<\/a> and an award<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"