Celtic Monks

2. The Knights of Prayer ™ Monastic Order

Your Letters:

Wow! I'm so excited I found you guys! I'm a Protestant that desperately wants to be a monk without becoming Catholic! The last couple of years my interest in all things monastic has really taken off. I will be joining your Order. Thank you again so much for your initiative in starting this! I'm so excited!
God Bless!
Blair (Minnesota)

Thanks so much for the info. on how to become a monk. For about four years, I have been living...to get closer to God, and have felt strongly in my heart that I wanted to live as a "lay monk." It is wonderful that you are offering the opportunity to legitimize this in some way, and that I can belong to a group of like-minded people. I'm going to send in my payment today, and look forward to receiving the card and certificate. Thanks again, and God bless you.
Christine (Hawaii)

General Information:

(Answers to Frequently Asked Questions)

Certificate (suitable for framing), Registration Card (wallet-sized), and full Lay Monk (Lay Brother or Lay Sister) status and recognition are available to supporters of The Prayer Foundation ™. In traditional monastic terminology this is called "Oblate" status. If you are one who is "a monk in your heart," we merely offer formal recognition of what is already true.

When you first register as a Monk of the Knights of Prayer ™ Monastic Order, your status will be that of a Postulant Monk. After one year, your registration may be renewed, and you will receive Novice Monk status. At the end of another year, when registering you will receive Lay Monk status (as a Lay Brother or Lay Sister of this Order). You can become a monk today (Postulant). It takes two years to achieve Full Lay Monk status.

For complete information on how to obtain your Knights of Prayer ™ Wall Certificate and Registration Card go to: Become a Monk! ______________________________________________________________

Definition of Terms:

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Postulant: probationary candidate for membership in a religious house.

Novice: a new member of a religious order who is preparing to take the vows of religion.

Lay Monk (Lay Brother): in the Middle Ages few monks became priests and this referred to the farm worker helpers. In usage of more recent times it came to refer to a monk who has not been ordained as a priest.

Oblate: one who becomes affiliated with a religious order while remaining a lay person. Not moving in to live in the Community, but remaining in job, family, their own home.

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Postulant Monk: your first year as a Lay Monk of the Knights of Prayer ™ Monastic Order.

Novice Monk: your second year as a Lay Monk of the Knights of Prayer ™ Monastic Order.

Full Lay Monk: your status at the beginning of your third year.

Lay Monk (Lay Brother, Lay Sister): one who becomes affiliated with The Prayer Foundation ™ as a supporter, while remaining a lay person. Not moving in to live in the Community, but remaining in job, family, their own home. Lay Monk is our term for our "Oblates." We give Full Lay Monk status to our Lay Monks (men, women, married persons).

Note: You are given Monk status immediately in our Order, because we are merely recognizing the fact that you already are "a monk in your heart." This is the time, if you have not already done so, to turn from sin in your life and turn to God, through Jesus. To set aside daily time for prayer; for Bible reading and study; to memorize scriptures; and tell others about Jesus (see: Plan of Salvation; also: Statement of Faith).