Visiting a Carthusian monastery - part 2

[RPM2270]

beautiful indeed. :)

[InstrumentofGod360]

Is there one in NewYork? Anyone can help me find one? God bless you

[darsham]

The Charterhouse of the Transfiguration

is the only Carthusian monastery in North America.

It is nestled in a high mountain valley

near Mount Equinox in Southern Vermont, U.S.A.

From: transfiguration(dot)chartreux(­dot)org/

[vinavon]

How do these monks finance their life? I find it a great life - certainly hard, but one is able to live one's vocation and focus on the essential in life. But let's face it: many people try to live their vocation and are not able to do this as they are living to make a living - just surviving. Hope, that somebody can answer my question. Thanks

[cheesemonkey1990]

by the work they do that was portrayed at the beginning, they sell the carpentry they make and the books they bind. Many monestaries of all orders do this. The Carmelites are the ones who make the altat bread for Mass. The work periods are limited to a few hours but they take vows of poverty so they do not need much and they are, as I said mostly self sustaining.

[MIKELES08]

κάλλιστον δέ ποτε σιγᾶν

[MIKELES08]

La Cartuja fue una experiencia única en mi vida. Viví en la Cartuja San José los quince mejores días de mi vida: inmerecidamente..., "ecce in iniquitate conceptus sum, et in peccato peperit me mater mea".

Dominus benedicat vos, lectores.

MKL. Córdoba, Argentina.

[TheMenghi1]

@MIKELES08 --Dichoso de vos. Yo intente ir pero no me permitieron, Dom Sergio ni el otro, el padre Vasco.

[MIKELES08]

@TheMenghi1 Hola, acabo de leer tu comentario. ¿Cómo es tu nombre? ¿De dónde eres? Me llama la atención lo que me cuentas: según entiendo, "cualquier" persona puede hacer su primera experiencia en la Cartuja, esto es, los primeros quince días de vida monástica; no había sentido nunca algo parecido a tu caso. Que Dios te bendiga y te dé paciencia para saber qué es lo que quiere de ti. Un abrazo desde Córdoba, Argentina.

MKL.

[TheMenghi1]

@MIKELES08 -Me llamo Fernando. Tengo 49. He estado en la de Vermont en el 92. Creo que en contarle eso al prior en aquel tiempo--un cura Vasco, sone. Incluso estuve por Cordoba en el 2002 visitando a familia. Hable con ese mismo por telefono, y todavia me nego pasar por alli. Tuve mejor trato con los de Vermont. De todos modos, no importa ya que no tengo vocacion. Pienso que los monjes son muy celosos y no prefieren tratan con los "ineptos," a veces les falta educacion!

[MIKELES08]

@TheMenghi1 Mucho gusto, Fernando. El padre vasco es Juan Aresti, de Bilbao. Que los monjes son "celosos", sí lo creo, pero no sé en qué sentido tú lo entiendes: son muy minuciosos en el examen de la persona, por ejemplo, y quizás sea así para evitar que haya vocaciones frustradas (mientras más minucioso es el examen del sincero corazón del aspirante, menos dudas quedan sobre su verdadera vocación, pienso). En mi caso, he recibido un trato muy amable y cada vez que voy, me siento muy bien!

[MIKELES08]

@TheMenghi1 Dios te bendiga!

[dagusia68]

znacznie "radosniejszy "film niz "wielka cisza"zaluje ze nie zobaczylam tego filmu wpierw

[darsham]

what? :)

[akoitosan]

can you see how much joy and peace in their faces? oh my God. thank you for posting this video. my brother wants to be one but there isn´t in the Philippines. i wish i could show him this video.

[jimzz12]

There is a charterhouse in Vermont, USA.

[Washu73]

It must be a very peaceful life.

I sort of envy them.

[akoitosan]

you too? i thought i was the only one who felt like that. i went to their monastery to hear Mass. not a sound. didn´t see any monks save for the priest and he looked so at peace. i really envy them.

[fatimajoe]

Many are called to this kind of life but sometimes they areblocked by the too much secularization of the urban places...

May those who are called respond with enthusiam to moanstic life... Amen

[clarinet001]

That is true indeed. Thankfully, there are a few who know how to listen to that call, and I am lucky to be one of them.

[cheesemonkey1990]

I can not do the cloistered way of life, but I want to be a Capuchin Franciscan of the renewal. They in a way get the best of both worlds: 5 hours of prayer a day, one for lecto divina, two for contemplation, one for a holy hour, 30 minutes for mass and about an hour for the divine office.

[cheesemonkey1990]

the rest is dedicated to hands of service to the poor.

[hav4cats]

I am impressed with the beauty of the monastary inside and out.

[pauldrew08]

cant wait for the next part...