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TIME\n\nNOVEMBER 1969 VOLUME 41NUMBER 3  \n# The Instruction on the Contemplative Lifeand on the Enclosure of Nuns 123\n\nA Commentary on the Instruction for Contemplatives 131Mother Mary Francis,P.C.C.  \nA Visitor from Rome Listens to Contemplative Nuns 142Sister Lila Marie Hull,M.M.  \nThe Contemplative Vocation 146Sister John Marie,P.C.C.  \nThe Woodstock Seminar for Contemplatives 150Sister Mary Roman,O.C.D.  \nContemplative Nuns Meet Prayer in the Spirit 157Francis MacNutt,O.P.  \nHas the Contemplative a Future?163Sister Margaret Rowe  \nNew Forms of Contemplative Life 171Sister John Marie,P.C.C.  \nPoem 177Bulletin Board 178Announcements 183Letters to the Editor 185Book Reviews 187  \nPublished monthly except July and September by monks of Saint John's Abbey,Collegeville,Minnesota.Editor:Father Daniel Durken,O.S.B.Book ReviewEditor:Father Roger Kasprick,O.S.B.Cover Design:Sister Mary CharlesMcGough,O.S.B.,College of Saint Scholastica,Duluth,Minnesota.Indexed inthe Catholic Periodical Index.  \nAddress all correspondence to Sisters Today,Saint John's Abbey,Collegeville,Minnesota,56321.(Checks payable to Sisters Today.)All manuscripts shouldbe accompanied by a self-addressed envelope and postage.Poetry will notbe accepted until further notice.  \n1 year $4.00;2 years $7.00;single copy 50 cents.Foreign subscriptions(out-side U.S.A.and Canada):1 year $4.50;2 years $8.00.All subscriptions arepayable in United States currency or check or International Money Order.Please allow six weeks to two months for the filling of a subscription.  \nPrinted by Sentinel Publishing Company,Hiway 10 South,Sauk Rapids,Minnesota.(Do not send mail to this address.)Second Class postage paid atSaint Cloud,Minnesota.  \nA Digest of  \n# The Instruction on the Contemplative Lifeand on the Enclosure of Nuns\n\nNOTE:The following is only a digest of the Instruction on the Con-templative Life and on the Enclosure of Nuns which was issued by theSacred Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes on August 15,1969.This summary of the Instruction was made from the translationappearing in the weekly English edition of L'Osservatore Romano ofSeptember 4.—Ed.  \n“Come away by yourselves to a lonely place”(Mk.6:31).Numerousare those who have heard this call and have followed Christ,withdrawinginto solitude to worship the Father there.  \nBy this inspiration of the Spirit some were led to establish institu-tions dedicated to contemplation alone,among which convents of nunsoccupy a position of great distinction.With vigilant and maternal carethe Church has always watched over virgins consecrated to God and hasdefended their separation from the affairs of the world by issuing aconsiderable number of regulations regarding papal enclosure.  \nSince the Second Vatican Council likewise manifested its concernabout this matter,this Instruction continues its work by legislating thenorms to regulate the enclosure of nuns wholly dedicated to contempla-tion.These norms are 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