What You Need to Know About 9 of the Most Important Religious Orders {Catholic Caucus]

ChurchPOP ^ | March 25, 2017 | ChurchPOP Editor

[BlessedBeGod]

Religious orders and traditions are an important part of the Church. Here is what you need to know about 9 of the most important ones!

[BlessedBeGod]

Correction to the Carmelites: their cloak is cream, not white. You can see how it contrasts with their wimple.

[Monterrosa-24]

It didn’t say anything about the Jesuits being dominated by Theology of Liberation types and Marxists.

[Terry L Smith]

It didn’t tell me which ones make the wines, or other liquers, of noted fame.

[COBOL2Java]

Thanks for the “correction” on the Carmelite one! (cream, not white) :-) As a Lay Carmelite, I must say this is very nice...

[COBOL2Java]

FYI: For your ping list...

[stonehouse01]

“...which ones make ... other liquors, of noted fame.”

The Carthusians make Chartruese from an ancient recipe and the cloistered men’s Carmelites in Wyoming make Mystic Monk coffee.

[stonehouse01]

oops Chartreuse (misspelled it)

[cloudmountain]

GREAT thread.
Thanks for posting.

The Dominicans were in Saudi Arabia, called "special teachers" instead of priests. Priests weren't allowed into the Kingdom, but were demanded by the Catholics. So, the government simply called them "special teachers."

We lived on Najmah Family Camp and there was a daily 9:00 A.M. Mass. I attended only on Sunday mornings as I worked every day and Sunday was a work day. Their "weekends" were Thursdays and Fridays.

At first we had Mass at his home. Then the company [ARAMCO] built a HUGE center for any/all events. We then had Mass there.

Some FReepers respond to me asking "There are no churches in Saudi Arabia." I answer: "A church is just a building. Mass can be held anywhere. I remember footage from WWII where priests were celebrating Mass very close to the Front. All that is needed for a MASS is a table, bread, wine and a priest. Jesus does the rest."

I won't even forget the Dominicans.

NOW, at home in the USA, I attend DAILY Mass. I am so very grateful to our good Lord for all His many blessings!

Again, great post.

[stonehouse01]

Thanks BGB. I am currently reading “The Little Flowers of St. Francis, The Mirror of Perfection, and The Life of St. Francis” a trilogy written by St. Bonaventure and St. Francis’ early first friars who personally knew him.

Very enlightening!! St. Francis was far more than a peacenik mother earth lover as the hippies like to portray him.

His nearly perfect conformity to Christ resulted in much suffering as well as receiving the stigmata - very painful - and his faith and obedience was unwavering. His life was an imitation of Christ and following the Gospel including its moral precepts perfectly; a stance very very far from the license to sin promoted by the new agers.

I attended St. Bonaventure so love the Franciscans ... I know you are aware of the above yet wanted to state it.

[Salvation]

Great introductory post.

Let the vocations to the priesthood and the consecrated religious life begin!

[Terry L Smith]

dear stonehouse,

re: “the cloistered men’s Carmelites in Wyoming make Mystic Monk coffee.”

Coffee, eh???? (Spock eyebrow)

Ya’s t’ink ah’s might git d’at webbielinkiething from ya’s?
Please?

Always after different coffee, like black rifle, green bean, arbuckles ...

[stonehouse01]

https://www.mysticmonkcoffee.com/

Enjoy!! hehehehe! Also a very good cause! I personally know one of the monks although they are cloistered and basically incommunicado.

[Terry L Smith]

dear stonehouse,

T’ank U! T’ank u!

(arbuckle’s is cowboy coffee company, and still at it.
Green beans is G.I. run, as is black rifle.)