This was irresistable. H/T to Joseph K at Defend us in Battle blog, who picked up the text off the Facebook page of a priest in Alaska.
Does anybody know any monastic community that might be interested in coming to Anchorage? Our very dear Sisters of the Perpetual Adoration are all in their late 80s and desperately want to be replaced, but their own congregation down in Mexico doesn't have vocations any more. All up here agree it's absolutely crucial for our archdiocese to maintain this place of prayer, the only contemplative community in Alaska, yet no one has any ideas where to find actual nuns... The building with a beautiful public chapel surrounded by a splendid cloistered garden is waiting. Please pray that we may find a way to keep it alive...
Joe, who lives in Alaska, is originally from Michigan. He follows up his post with this:
If you know of an order that could fill this void... please contact me and I will get you in touch with the appropriate people, or just contact the Archdiocese of Anchorage.
If nothing else, PRAY.
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Thanks Diane! Probably the most worthwhile post you could link from my blog ;)
I do hope we get an order to fill in, I know that the priest that posted this is working vigorously on it!
Well, the cathedral is run by Dominican friars, so maybe they know some nuns who'd like to start a house up north!
Here's a piece about the community.
We have a an order of sisters getting alot of Vocations, The Servants of the Lord and the Virgin Matara (SSVM). This is in the IVE religious family to which I belong. They are an active order, but they do have some contemplative houses. You can ask our provincial superior in New York City, Mother Sacred Heart. You can see their contact info at http://www.ssvmusa.org/convents/ImmaculateConception.Provincial.shtm. They have many requests though. It could take a few years. Properly the bishop should ask and present a regular means of income and the residence that will be available.
The Carmelites in Buffalo and Brooklyn in New York also have many vocations.
Ad Jesum per Mariam,
AN IVE priest
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