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How Do Visitations Work at Cor Jesu Monastery? General Rule of Thumb on Visitations The Holy See specifies the general norms for papal enclosure that apply to communities of strictly contemplative nuns. It should be stressed that the desire to be vigilant over the integrity of the enclosure stems not from trying to restrict the nuns in a prison like …
Why Do The Handmaids Have To Be Contemplative and Cloistered? “Why not help priests directly?” “Wouldn’t it be better if you had a ministry of helping them concretely?” “Can’t you assist priests more than by just praying?” “How does living in papal enclosure make this kind of prayer for priests more efficacious?” These are natural questions people have about our …
We Invite Everyone to Join us in Strengthening the Priest, A Living Chalice of the Precious Blood We Have Three Ways to Help Priests: By Simple Spiritual Adoption Of Priests: Laypeople: Lay Associates of the Priesthood Priests, Deacons, Religious: Confraternity of Mary, Mother of Priests By a More In Depth Sharing in the Mission and Charism of the Handmaids of …
“The Priesthood is God’s greatest gift to man, its faithful fulfillment is man’s greatest gift to God.” – Father Gerald Fitzgerald, sP, Founder This was the conviction of our founder, Father Gerald Fitzgerald, s.P. He would write: “I believe I am justified in saying that the priesthood is God’s greatest to man because it gives us Christ in the world …
Vocations Snapshot The Cloistered Contemplative Community of the Handmaids of the Precious Blood was founded on May 25th, 1947 (Pentecost Sunday) by Father Gerald M.C. Fitzgerald, s.P. Vocational Inquirers: We are looking for women of deep faith who have the willed desire to give themselves utterly and totally to Christ in lasting commitment for the sake of His Priests. Life: …
A Chalice Returned It was a present from a priest we briefly knew for a time. His was not the usual priestly career. He was a joyfully radiant priest, thrilled to say Mass and be with us. But he himself shared his true story. He had a humility born of deep suffering in his priesthood. He had traveled from the …
Prayer Request Form You Are In Our Prayers Before Our Lord We welcome all prayer requests and bring each request before Our Lord exposed in the Monstrance.
How are We Living in Adoration? By cultivating the privilege of constant adoration of Our Lord Himself, our life is tied, anchored and focused in the Blessed Sacrament. In these precious hours, we pray for the burdens of the priesthood and offer every prayer intention we receive, as well as all the needs of souls everywhere, to Christ the …