Inspired By My Big Sister!

A few days ago my big sister announced on her blog that I am discerning a vocation to the religious life. Apart from making me cry, she made me realize that I am pretty shy about my love of tradition. Any one who knows me well knows that I gush about the strangest antiquated Catholic things, but most people haven't a clue. I guess I think that most people wouldn't care, or worse they'd get the wrong idea about my fanaticism. The last thing I want is for someone to end up hating the things I love about Catholicism because they were forced to listen to my boring stories or because they thought I was insinuating something about their hedonistic way of life ;). I guess a blog is a perfect place for me to gush, so that people aren't blind-sided by the fact that I am discerning a vocation to a very traditional Roman Catholic order of sisters, while also allowing those people who are close to me, but of differing opinion, to hear how I feel without feeling under any obligation to care as much as I do ;)

For starters, the religious order I am looking into is called the Sisters Adorers of the Royal Heart of Jesus Christ Sovereign Priest. Here is a picture of one of the founding sisters at a parish in St. Louis Missouri.

Their mother house is in Florence, Italy located within walking distance to the seminary associated with their order. The sisters are dedicated to pray for an association of priests known as the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest. Like the majority of priests, the sisters are primarily French and American. They hope to start a sister house in the States sometime soon.
Why I love them:
I love this order because they pray for priests who celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass (Extraordinary Form). That's the main reason. The next reason is that they practice the spirituality of St. Francis de Sales who wrote the book, "Introduction to the Devout Life". It's a very practical spirituality founded upon loving devotion to God through one's day-to-day experiences.

The sisters habit includes a blue cape which they wear on formal occasions. This is a picture of Cardinal Burke administering Holy Communion to the sisters during a Pontifical Mass. Here is a link to their French website that has a bunch of pictures.