CONTACT

Please do not hesitate to write or call:

The Vocation Directress

Monastery of St. Christopher

Lapacan Sur, Buenavista

6333 Bohol, Philippines

Cell no.: 0948 475 9320 TNT

            0915 355 46 41 Globe

FORMATION

Postulancy:
Six months to One year, during which the candidate learns and experiences the cloistered Canoness Nun’s life.

Novitiate:

Two years,  beginning with the reception of the Habit and White viel.

Temporary Profession:

Three years under the religious vows of poverty, chastity and obedience.
Reception of Roquet and black viel.

Perpetual Profession:

Reception of the sponsal ring...a bride of Christ forever!

FORMATION HOUSE:

CANONESSES REGULAR OF THE LATERAN OF ST. AUGUSTINE

MONASTERY OF ST. CHRISTOPHER

LAPACAN SUR, BUENAVISTA

6333 BOHOL, PHILIPPINES

MOTHER HOUSE:

CANÓNIGAS REGULARES LATERANENSES DE SAN AGUSTÍN

MONASTERIO DE SAN CRISTÓBAL

CALLE POETA BODRÍA, 2

46010 VALENCIA, ESPAÑA

QUALIFICATIONS

• Aware  of God’s call.

• 18 to 35 years of age .

• Good health and sound judgment.

• Good character and high moral principles.

• Spirit of optimism and cheerfulness.

• Love of prayer and desire for divine union.

• Desire to commit oneself to Our Lord and His Church for the salvation of  of souls.

• Confident belief in Christ’s promise to sanctify and unite Himself intimately with all those who give themselves generously to Him.

THE CANONESS VOCATION

Consecrated to the Glory of God, to His Work and to His Church.

•  Contemplative

•  Cloistered                                       

•  Apostolic     

 WHAT IS A VOCATION?

• An  invitation  from  God  to  lead  a  life totally consecrated to Him.

• A call to divine union and to the striving after religious perfection.

• Persistent and at least periodic desire to give oneself generously to God and His Church.

OUR APOSTOLATE

• Gift of oneself through the Liturgy and   through  communal,  private  and  mental prayer.

• Prayer especially for priests, their sanctification and their fruitful work in the Church; assisting in priestly life.

• Assisting souls in their spiritual life through the spiritual direction and guidance.

• Manual work for the needs of the convent.

 PRAYER AND SPIRITUAL LIFE

• Daily Celebration of the Mass.

• Chanting of the Divine Office.

• Mental and contemplative prayer.

• Silence and recollection.

• Penance, reparation, and sacrifice.

• Spiritual counsel and direction.

 SPIRIT OF OUR LIFE

• Dedicated to the glory of God, the sanctification of the Sisters and the salvation of souls.
• Unswerving fidelity of the Liturgy, i.e. the calendar of seasons and feasts, the Roman Breviary and in Chant.
• Zealous to  assist  Holy  Mother Church in these days of great crisis and to participate in the work of  he priesthood  by  prayer  and sacrifice for conversión of souls.
• Fervent and tender devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Our  Blessed  Mother  and  the Holy Eucarist.
• Community bond based on one Faith, supernatural principles, common life and fraternal charity.
• Have the capacity to develop and the ability to live and work with others.

HISTORY

•  The origin of the Order was founded by the Virgins and widows of the primitive church who  followed Jesus.  In the  IV century, the great Fathers of the Church, especially St. Augustine, advocated community life for the consecrated women, while at the same time encouraged community and Canonical life for Clergy with the apostolic lifestyle of the early Jerusalem Church. “ONE HEART AND ONE SOUL TO GOD”.

• In Spain we have 9 Monasteries, 5 in Italy, and some other countries.

• Founded on 1391 in Valencia, Spain by one of the Canonesses Nuns Founded in Barcelona.

• The Formation House was founded August 19, 2013 in Lapacan Sur, Buenavista, Bohol.