- Habits: do you wear them all the time, even when you go on vacation? Do you have a special sleeping habit? Do you own street clothes?
- What is one allowed to have in their rooms? If you have favorite stuffed animals, can you keep them (or small collections) How about CD players (I can't live without music) and Computers...I know some have them in their rooms and others in a common area.
- Email, does every sister get to use email? Or do you have to wait until you reach a certain part in your formation? What about Digital camera's I love taking pictures and I would hate to give up the 2 years worth of photos on my camera!
- Cellphones..I know some sisters who have them. Do all sisters get a cell phone? What about use of the house phone..are there designated times to use it.
- Television..now, I don't watch alot of t.v. but do you have televisions? How do you keep up with all the entertainment news?? or dvd's * I have a few favorite dvds* would I have to donate them to the motherhouse or give them away?
- Education. Do you have to have BA before you join? I know some orders that you don't but I mean what is the real criteria here!
Alright, those are all the questions I can think of now. I know that they seem a bit materialistic and I am ashamed of myself for thinking like that , but I know I have a few treasured things from childhood that I would like to bring with me!
2 comments:
Nothing to be ashamed of! They are very valid questions...and the difficult part is that the answers vary based on community :(
You know, I'm not even in religious life yet and I've had people ask me stuff like, "will you get to shave your legs?!". HAH. It's religious life, I reassure them...not the Confraternity of Woolly Mammoths.
God bless you!
If you want specific answers to those questions I can help you because I have been in an order for 4 months. Let me just say this though, if the desire to be a religious from Christ, then you will be given grace to deal with not having the material possessions.
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