Tag Archives: Religious Life

Life Changes Again!

Posted on by

A couple of months ago I was informed that the Bishop of my Dioceses was not wanting to accept my vows this coming June for the 4th year as a Hermit (one more after that and I would have been able to give permanent vows).  So, after much prayer, contemplation and looking into things, I have come out of Religious Life early and have returned to Lay Life.  In the process I have moved back to Florida, although a bit further south than the last time, now in Homestead Florida.  For now I will be living on my disability retirement from the Veterans Administration, and from my disability compensation as a disabled Veteran while I try to work out what I can do with and not adversely effect and affect my left knee, back and hips, which are why I was retired.

I do plan to continue this blog on my Spiritual Journeys, but also will have a “lay” blog at http://www.ddbellenterprises.com/DonBell, so please keep your eye on both!!

In Christ,

Don

Related Posts

  • Prayer Life
    35
    Well, for the past month and a half, I have been a bit slack on my spiritual life.  I haven't really been reading much in the way of theology or within my faith (although I have done some "recreational" reading), and I have missed more of my prayer hours that…
    Tags: will, life, prayer, christ, don, spiritual, bit, faith, hermit, lay
  • Continue Changes in Life!
    31
    Yep, more changes in my life! I am in the first stages of moving fully into the life of a Diocesan Hermit.  By that I mean, I am living the Rule of life, but must live it for six month to two years under Private Vows at which time, if…
    Tags: life, will, prayer, work, time, changes, living, vows, christ, don
  • Coming back on line!
    30
    After a just under two year sabbatical, I am bringing back up "Don and His Spiritual Journey". My status update in life, and first new religious post will begin tomorrow, the 22nd of June 2017, and I hope frequently as time allows! This past two years of silence has been…
    Tags: coming, time, june, will, year, religious, life, journey, spiritual, don
  • Life continues to change...
    29
    This past week I shut down my primary blog, however, I kept the domain and email services.  I was using PowWeb, which at one point was a good service, but they have gone down hill over the past couple of years, which was a partial reason I let them go. …
    Tags: hermit, life, will, lay, prayer, changes, religious, accept, christ, don
  • New Church For Me...
    19
    Back at the end of October of 2020, I moved to a new Dioceses and a new Church.  Bought a house to live in for the rest of my life, barring any changes in that area. There is a Catholic Church 9/10ths of a mile from my house!  The Pastor…
    Tags: things, moved, dioceses, life, changes, year, coming, religion, verteran

Religious Life in the Catholic Church

Posted on by

When I got home, I looked up the Order, which had been “raised” about 9 or so years earlier.  It was small, and consisted of Lay Brothers and Sisters and was newly starting to have Religious Brothers.  All lived withing the vows of Poverty, Obedience, and Chastity to Station in Life.  To become a member, you had to be a Catholic in Communion with the Catholic Church and over 18 years of age.

While I was not yet a Catholic in title, I was finding that I was a Catholic in heart, and sent a letter to the Superior General asking to join the Order as a lay member, until I was accepted into the Church.  A few days latter, I was accepted as a Postulate, and I clothed myself, on my own, as a Novitiate in their Order.  I gave God my vows of Poverty,  Obedience, and Chastity to Station in Life.  (And in writing I gave the same to the Superior General.)

Over the next year, up to Easter, I worked with the Novitiate Master and my Priest as I would have if I had been in the Novitiate, completing all the requirements of a Novice in the Order.  I followed the Rule of Life of the Order, and went everywhere in the Novitiate Habit.

In Christ!

Related Posts

  • Easter 2008
    47
    At  the Saturday Easter Vigil before Easter of 2008 I was accepted into the Catholic Church.  This was a happy day for me, with my Superior General there as my Sponsor into the Church, my mother, father, sister and niece all present to watch me enter into the Church. This…
    Tags: church, easter, life, christ, sister, catholic, accepted, superior, general, communion
  • Knights of Columbus and Religious Life.
    42
    Shortly after Easter Vigil Mass, the Superior General of the Brothers and Sisters of Reconciliation informed me that I was officially accepted into the Order as a Novitiate, and the Monday after Easter I gave my initial private vows.  I was already in habit, which had already been blessed, etc.,…
    Tags: novitiate, days, accepted, order, habit, religious, general, easter, superior, lay
  • Religious Life Ends
    42
    During the year 2008, our supervising Bishop retired due to health, and shortly after that, our Superior General left the Order for some reason.  In the process, the newly selected Superior General moved the Order to Ft. Lauderdale Florida.  A few months later, he petitioned the Archbishop of Miami, our…
    Tags: order, church, religious, accepted, life, communion, catholic, general, superior, age
  • Continue Changes in Life!
    32
    Yep, more changes in my life! I am in the first stages of moving fully into the life of a Diocesan Hermit.  By that I mean, I am living the Rule of life, but must live it for six month to two years under Private Vows at which time, if…
    Tags: church, life, catholic, rule, vows, christ, brother, days, priest, years
  • Daily Readings
    27
    After a LONG, too LONG, sabbatical, I am returning to posting the Daily Readings on this page.  These "readings" are the daily reading of the Bible as practiced by the Catholic Church.  If you go to Church every day of the week, all year, you are taught the majority of…
    Tags: priest, church, catholic