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
- Imagine Sister http://imaginesisters.org The Mission of Imagine Sisters is to inspire and support vocations to Catholic women’s religious life. Our hope is to help the world meet sisters on fire for their faith. Through online resources and media, Imagine Sisters works to ignite the conversation of vocational discernment
- Discerning Hearts – http://www.discerninghearts.com/ MP3 downloads, blog and other media about discernment and the interior life
