Vocations
Contact the novice teacher.
discerniment@monestirsantbenetmontserrat.cat
Email is the easiest way to do this nowadays, since it is first practical to give information about yourself: age, background, life experiences and faith.
Frequently asked questions
Is this vocation something that comes suddenly or is it something that has always been known?
It depends on each case and there are examples of everything. In any case, the vocation is an inner call, like an infatuation, that you feel inside, often without matching too much with the plans you had. Time and discernment help clarify the initial idea and your response to it.
What do you need to enter the monastery, do you need to donate something or have education?
To enter the monastery, what is needed above all is to feel this desire to radically follow God’s call in this community. For this to be possible, a certain ability is needed to live both solitude and relationships, life in community.
And what are you doing in the monastery, aren’t you bored?
It’s hard to get bored in Sant Benet! Our day-to-day life is full of community and personal prayer, work, study, hospitality, the relationship with people who approach the community and community life itself.
And do you have contact with the world? do you see the family
Although the relationship with the family is conditioned by the choice we have made and community life itself, we maintain contact and are there when they need us. We are not immersed in the life of the city and the monastery and that gives us a certain perspective, but we are related to the world through various means. For the hospitality, for the courses and talks inside and outside the monastery, the social communication channels. We also value the link with the municipality of Marganell to which we belong.
Do you sing a lot in prayer, do you have to have a good voice or know how to sing to be a nun?
No, you don’t need to have a special voice or know how to sing to enter the monastery. Community prayer is part of our option and is important to us. That’s why we sing and try to make it beautiful.
At what age can you enter the monastery?
Obviously you need to be of age and it is better to have had some life experience, but it depends on each case. Not everyone enters at the same age.