Vocation Letters: I Have an Angel
This letter is written by our fictional postulant Sister Melanie to her little sister Tessa. Ave + Maria Dear Tessa, Praised be […]
Following is a series of letters concerning the discernment and formation of a fictional young woman, Melanie, as she discerns her vocation to be a cloistered Dominican nun. How fictional is fictional? Events may not have a one-on-one correspondance with events at the monastery, as we wish to keep our day-to-day life veiled behind the enclosure, but these letters do accurately depict Dominican monastic life as it is typically lived here at Marbury. For example, does Sister report that the nuns planted corn? This doesn’t mean that we planted corn that day; but it does mean that we do garden, and sometimes do grow corn, although perhaps this year we decided to plant zucchini and did so last month! We hope this series is helpful in giving you insight into our vocation as Dominican nuns.
This letter is written by our fictional postulant Sister Melanie to her little sister Tessa. Ave + Maria Dear Tessa, Praised be […]
Our fictional postulant Sister Melanie writes home to her family in this continuation of our Vocation Letter series. Ave + Maria Dear […]
What was it like inside the enclosure? Now home from her Residential Aspirancy, our fictional discerner Melanie writes this letter to her fictional Vocation Directress/Novice Mistress, Sister Mary Magistra.
Our Vocation Letter series continues with this letter addressed to her grandmother by our fictional discerner, Melanie. It sure is hard to keep […]
Don’t worry–in real life, the Vocation Directress writes to applicants much more frequently than the correspondence posted in this fictional Vocation Letters […]
In this letter to a fictional young woman applying to enter the monastery, Sister addresses two temptations facing those preparing to enter […]
Part of our series of “Vocation Letters” to a fictional young woman discerning religious life, the following letter considers the appropriate time […]
This following installment in our fictional Vocation Letter series touches on some difficulties parents may face in understanding and accepting their daughter’s […]
The following letter in our fictional Vocation Letter series speaks of the role of Marian Consecration in our vocation as cloistered Dominican […]
This installment in our fictional Vocation Letter series is from Melanie to her older sister Clare. JMJ Dear Clare, Thank you for […]