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This didn't get any response, but here it goes again.

If one was in the Metropolia of Pittsburgh, where would one direct monastic vocations?

It was our eparchies that sent out the Vocation Icon and instituted the Called by Name program. Now what? What do we do with those who are called to monasticism in the Metropolia of Pittsburgh?

Please list the monastery/ies you would direct a man to. Also, list the monastery/ies you would direct a woman to. I would like to learn what YOUR advise would be.

Would HRM be on that list? It is still listed with its own link on the home page of byzcath.org even though it is not part of the Metropolia. Just wondering.

Would one get reprimanded for sending monastic vocations to HRM since it is not "outside" our jurisdiction?

Anyone in the Metropolia wishing to advise? I would appreciate your comments. In fact, I would only like to hear from those who are members of the Metropolia of Pittsburgh. This is a practical matter.

Thanks,
Joe Thur

Along those lines, which (if any) monasteries and bishops are dedicated to renewing and expanding the Eastern Catholic Church? In the Byzantine Church? In the other Eastern Catholic Churches?

-- John

Do mean the constituent eparchies within the Metropolia or just Pittsburgh itself? I'll withold my answer until you clarify a bit.

Dear Friends,

My mental map of the U.S. is shaky - is Holy Trinity Monastery of Jordanville near Pittsburgh? ( ).

Alex

Alex, don't give it away...

I'll assume without your response you mean all of the Eparchies of the Metropolia and start with men's monastic communities.

It hasn't come up since the "jurisdictional change" (I did suggest several check it out in the interim period when everyone knew they were changing) but that means little in my mind. I would send a discerning man to HRM posthaste if he showed interest, and also tell him about HTM in California and Mother of God in Ontario (both UGCC).

I have a larger duty outside of any "jurisdictional" one to fulfill the late Holy Father's desire to promote authentic Eastern monasticism as he so well articulated in his various Apostolic Letters, especially Orientale Lumen.

Provincialism and "jurisdictionalism" are church-killers.
Deacon Diak

Monasteries

Byzantine Pittsburgh Metropolia

Basilian Fathers of Mariapoch
360 Monastery Lane
Matawan, NJ 07747-9703
Monastery Phone: 732-566-8445
Assumption Center Phone: 732-566-9724

Benedictine Monks
Holy Trinity Monastery
P.O. Box 990
Butler, PA 16004-0990
Rev. Leo Schlosser,OSB, Hegumen
Phone: 724-287-4461
Bookstore Phone: 724-287-4461

Byzantine Brothers of St. Francis
St. Francis Monastery
9443 Sharondale RD
Calimesa, CA 92320
Phone 909-795-0848

Christ the Good Shepherd Monastery
PO Box 432473
San Ysidro, CA 92143-2743
Phone: 526-687-6061

Franciscans
Holy Dormition Monastery
P.O. Box 270
Conyngham-Sybertsville, PA 18251
Phone: 570-788-1212


Byzantine Ukrainian
Holy Transfiguration Monastery
17001 Tomki Road
P.O. Box 217
Redwood Valley, CA 95470-1122
Telephone: (707) 485-8959

Skete of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Star Route 1
Box 226
Eagle Harbor, MI 49950
Telephone: (906) 289-4384

Monastery of the Holy Cross
1302 Quincy Street NE
Washington, DC 20017
TEL: 202-832-8519

Order of St. Basil the Great
Province of the Dormition
Long Island New York

Ukrainian Redemotorists
250 Jefferson Avenue
Winnipeg, MB
R2V 0M6
Tel: (204) 339-5737

Most Holy Mother of God Monastery
Studite Monks
953376 7th line, R.R. 5
Orangeville, Ontario
L9W 272
519-941-9428

Byzantine Melkite

Basilian Salvatorian Fathers
30 East Street,
Methuen, MA 01844

Community of the Mother of God of Tenderness
79 Golden Hill Rd
Danbury, CT 06811

Our Lady of Solitude Cloister
P.O. Box 11
LeRaysville, PA 18829
Telephone - 570-395-0234

Byzantine Romanian

Holy Resurrection Monastery
45704 Valley Center Road
Newberry Springs, CA 92365
Phone: 760-257-4008

Maronite

Most Holy Trinity Monastery
67 Dugway Rd
Petersham, MA 01366
508 724-3347

Hermits of Jesus the Eternal Priest
P.O. Box 216
North Brookfield, MA 01535
1115 Worcester Road
New Braintree, MA, 01531
508 867-0134


Maronite Order of Blessed Virgin Mary
4405 Earhart Road
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105
(734) 662-4822


Our Lady of Solitude Hermitage
334 S. Main St
Phillipi, West Virginia 26416
(304) 457-3330

Convents

Byzantine-Pittsburgh

Benedictine Sisters
Queen of Heaven Monastery
8640 Squire Lane NE
Warren, OH 44484
Phone: 330-856-1813

Discalced Byzantine Carmelite Nuns
Holy Annunciation Monastery
403 West County Road
Sugarloaf, PA 18249-9998
Phone: 570-788-5310

Byzantine Nuns of St. Clare
Monastery of the Holy Protection
6688 Cady Road
North Royalton, OH 44133
Phone: 216-237-6800

Social Mission Sisters
Shrine of the Weeping Madonna
17485 Mumford Road
Burton, OH 44021-9640
Phone: 440-834-4078

Sisters of the Order of St. Basil the Great
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Province
Mt. St. Macrina
500 West Main Street
Box 500
Uniontown, PA 15401
Provincial Administration Phone: 724-438-8644
Motherhouse Phone: 724-439-4940

Byzantine Ukrainian

The Sisters of the Order of St. Basil the Great
Jesus, Lover of Humankind Province
710 Fox Chase Road
Fox Chase Manor, PA 19046

Sister Servants of Mary Immaculate
5 Austin Terrace,
Toronto, Ontario
M5R 1Y1

Maronite

Mother of the Light Community
Our Lady of Guadalupe Convent
314 Main St. P.O. Box 335
Rutland, MA 01543
508 886-6745

Convent of Antonine Sisters
2691 North Lipkey Road
North Jackson, Ohio 44451

Your task Joe (like in Mission Impossible) is to sort though the list of religious Institues listed above and find out which ones are Monastic and which ones are not and report back to us. Some may be Monastic, others Clerical Institutes or Saecular Institutes. Some may be Pontifical and other's Diocesan. Good luck mate. I await your report.

Thank you for posting that list !

-- John

The Metropolia of Pittsburgh consists of the Archeparchy of Pittsburgh, Eparchy of Passaic, Eparchy of Parma, and the Eparchy of Van Nuys.

Let me clarify it more.

I ask where to send monastic vocations in the Byzantine-Ruthenian Catholic Church in the United States.

Does this help? Or are there a few technicalities I overlooked that only canon lawyers can dicker over?

Joe

Father Deacon Lance,

Now, where would you send a man who wishes to enter an Eastern Christian monastery in the Ruthenian Catholic Church of the Metropolia of Pittsburgh in the United States 'sui juris'?

You list says a lot, but offers nothing. Anyone can list all monasteries and religious communities.

Name ONE. You above list is just playing it safe. I know you are a deacon in the Metropolia, but you can't expect a vocation to go to ALL communities above. Can you just pick one?

Joe

Father Deacon Diak,

So, if the Ruthenian Metropolia (all four jurisdictions) is below par in its deacon and priestly training, we should recommend all our vocations to go elsewhere?

Joe

Your task is to give YOUR response to a man in the Ruthenian Metropolia where it is best for him. Not me.

JOe

Joe,

If some one asked me about a vocation I would give them as much information as possible. It is not my place to discourage someone from the Franciscans or Redemptorists because it is not envogue to be an Byzantine member of these Orders nowadays.

If they narrowed it to specifically traditional monasticism I would not hesitate to recommend Holy Trinity, Christ the Good Shepherd, Holy Resurrection, Holy Transfiguration, or Holy Mother of God.

If they further narrowed it to within the Metropolia, obviously the only current possibilites are Holy Trinity and Christ the Good Shepherd.

Fr. Deacon Lance

"Your task is to give YOUR response to a man in the Ruthenian Metropolia where it is best for him. Not me."

It is noone's task to tell anyone where it is best for him. That is for each to discern for themselves. Which is why I would give the list.

Fr. Deacon Lance