Reverend Mother Marie Andre on the Contemplative Life
SPIRITUAL READING about the Contemplative Life and to assist with Discernment:
- Verbi Sponsa – The Holy See’s Document on the Cloistered Contemplative Life
- Contemplative Dimension of Religious Life
- Eucharistic Adoration for the Sanctification of Priests and Spiritual Maternity (PDF)
- Mother Angelica COME FOLLOW ME mini book
- Blessed John Paul II on the Spirituality of St. Clare
- Pope Benedict XVI on St. Clare
- Early Documents of St. Francis and St. Clare
- Collection of Church Documents on Religious Life
- And Mary’s Yes Continues by Sr. Joseph Andrew DSMME
- Discerning Religious Life by Sr. Clare Matthias CFR
Helpful Vocation and Discernment Links
- Religious Life www.religiouslife.com Since 1974, the IRL has been a collaborative effort of Catholic bishops, priests, religious and laity to foster and strengthen vocations to the consecrated life.
- Cloistered Life CloisteredLife.com Another site maintained by the Institute on Religious Life, offering information on the cloistered/contemplative life in general and on particular men’s and women’s communities.
- CMSWR www.cmswr.org Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious. Represents many women’s communities in the United States who live according to the mandate of the Catholic Church
- Discerning Hearts – http://www.discerninghearts.com/ MP3 downloads, blog and other media about discernment and the interior life
