Community Profile

Holy Transfiguration Skete Rev. Basil Paris 6559 State Highway M26 Eagle Harbor, MI 49950-9642 906-289-4388 (FAX only) skete@societystjohn.com www.societystjohn.com

Community Information

No. in community (professed members) 5 Year founded 1983 Generalate/ motherhouse Autonomous Province/federation Represented in US (Arch)dioceses St. Nicholas in Chicago for Ukrainians

About Us

Mission statement/description This is a Catholic monastery of the Byzantine Rite, under the jurisdiction of the Eparchy of St. Nicholas in Chicago, and belonging to the Ukrainian Metropolia in the United States of America, which is in union with the Pope of Rome, supreme pastor of the Universal Church. The community embraces evangelical poverty, chastity, obedience, and stability of life, according to the Rule of Saint Benedict and the traditions of the Christian East. In the skete at Jacob's Falls, on the shore of Lake Superior in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula, they devote themselves to the common life of prayer and work for the praise, love and service of God for the upbuilding of His Kingdom through the arts. Qualifications for entry Candidates must be Catholic men free of canonical impediments and of sufficient physical and emotional health for living cenobitic monastic life. Formation program A man first approaches the community with a retreat of a week's duration at Holy Transfiguration Skete in Eagle Harbor, Michigan. If the signs of a monastic vocation are positive, he may return for a month's candidacy. After mutual deliberation, he may return as a postulant for six months to a year and then proceed to a novitiate of three years prior to Monastic Consecration (solemn perpetual vows). Age range/limit 18-35 Consider belated vocations? Yes Belated/late vocations explanation In general, candidates between 18 and 35 years of age are preferred; however, qualified older men demonstrating sufficient enthusiasm may be considered.