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Re-Forming Formed: 2003 Established: 2003
Incarnation Monastery
Wisconsin,
United States
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 Small, independent Benedictine community following the Rule of St. Benedict, Incarnation is a small, independent Benedictine monastery, currently with two member 1 F (70s) and 1M (50s)we are seeking new members, preferably males, due to our living situation. We will consider everyone who applies, and who can begin to live a Benedictine life under the authority of the Abbot. Age and health limits apply, 21 - 40 generally, but we will consider all, generally since this is a monastic community, the currently married will need to both be willing to live in community under vows. We pray four times a day, with a daily Eucharist, plenty of silence, and prayer time, make use of both Eastern Orthodox and Western Rite liturgies. We would like to find an appropriate place, a large house with many rooms for a monastery building, together with secluded space for individual hermitages for our members seeking more solitude, and for those who would like to come for desert or hermitage days or weeks. We are open to area either in the Midwest or near Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky, West Virginia, or who knows - if you are aware of any let us know. A space for a large garden and a chapel would also be wonderful. If this interests you, and you would like to live a Benedictine monastic life,
we would enjoy hearing from you.
  Status: Actively recruiting new members
Contact:
Dom Joseph OSB
Wisconsin United States
Phone: (920) 397-7300
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Links:
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Last Updated:10/27/2009
 
Visitors Accepted
 (Please call ahead)
Visitor Process: Contact the Abbot, domjosephosb@gmail.com
Affiliations: Incarnation Monastery

Network Affiliations:
American Apostolic Church
Statement of Housing Non-discrimination:
Our community does not provide housing and is therefore not subject to fair housing laws.

Our community is a legally sanctioned church or religious organization and living in our community is restricted to members of that religion as allowed by law. Our religion does not discriminate based on race, color, or national origin. Housing in our community is non-commercial (i.e. not intended to make a profit).

Because our housing is a single housing unit and requires the sharing of bathroom, kitchen and common space membership/residency may be restricted based on sex/gender in accordance with the law. Our community does not discriminate based on race/color, national origin, religion, family status (i.e. having children, not having children, or being pregnant), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, ancestry, source of income, age, creed, personal appearance, political affiliation, HIV infection, military/veteran status, unfavorable military discharge, gender identity or expression, receiving public assistance, or domestic abuse.

Comment: We are a religious order, a Benedictine Community, we do not discriminate, although there are requirements for membership, since we are a group of monastics, we do not have children living within the monastery. Certainly we do not discriminate for any other reason, all are welcome to worship with us.
Population
Members(adults and children):
2
(There are three others in various stages of commitment to the Benedictine way of life of this monastery.)
Open to new members:
Yes
(If interested in a consecrated and vowed life)
Government
Decision Making:
By the community leader
(The Abbot makes decisions with consesus)
Identified Leader:
Yes
(The Abbot)
Leadership Core Group:
No
(Presently, there are two of us, the house, with three others in various stages of commitment)
Labor and Money
Financial Style:
100% income sharing
(We are a small, independent order, which needs to support itself.)
Open to Members with Pre-existing Debt:
No Answer
(Do not feel you cannot contact us because of existing debt.)
Labor Contribution:
Expected
(Four to six hours a day)
Join Fee:
Yes
(Rent money for living space)
Regular Fees:
Yes
(Monastic life shares everything in common)
Land and Buildings
Small Town
(We presently rent an apartment in a small town.)
Land Owned By:
An absentee landlord
(We will incorporate any land that we receive and it will be held in trust.)
Food, etc.
Percentage of Food Grown:
1-5%
(We are still a developing community)
Share Community Meals:
Nearly all meals
Dietary Choice or Restrictions:
We all share a common diet
(We are open to all diets)
Alcohol Use:
Used occasionally
Tobacco Use:
Prohibited
Social Factors
Common Spiritual Practices:
Yes
(Benedictine Rule, daily prayer, and Mass)
Which Spiritual Traditions(s):
Ecumenical (includes "all religions")
(Independent Community, will consider all of the Christian Faith, who are willing to bring their lives into alignment with the Rule of Saint Benedict)
Educational Style(s):
Other
(No school aged children)
Cohousing Details
Cohousing Status:
Forming
 
 
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