Ave Maria gratia plena, dominus tecum. Benedicta tu in mulieribus et benedictus fructus ventris tuis, Iesus. Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis pecatoribus, nunc et in ora mortis nostrae. Amen.
Desire to Live for Our Lady...
My name is Mike Furlong, and I have been in religious (monastic) life for several years, most recently as a Carthusian, for close to four years, in the United States. I have had for many years a burning desire to belong to a Marian religious community that is dedicated to prayer and penance, but I have not found a religious order that corresponds to this longing. I believe that it would be pleasing to Our Lord, and helpful for souls, if there were a community that would seek to answer this call of the Blessed Mother in these troubled times. Hence I have written this humble plan, which I pray is the fruit of the Holy Spirit and not of my own will. Anyone who is interested in such a vocation, in any manner whatsoever, is most welcome to contact me at bssihm@yahoo.com. May Jesus and Mary bless you.