Tui: Fish cookies from nuns on Sunday?

[Kasee]

I’m arriving in Tui tomorrow morning and just realized that it’s a Sunday. Will I still be able to buy cookies from the nuns at the Convento de las Clarisas?

 

[henrythedog]

I’m arriving in Tui tomorrow morning and just realized that it’s a Sunday. Will I still be able to buy cookies from the nuns at the Convento de las Clarisas?

I suspect you will. Have you had them before?

My last encounter:

The whole nun-baking thing

Right, I’ve already been pulled-up for making an unsubstantiated claim, with this audience it is to be expected - and Kathar1na’s not showed up yet ...

findpenguins.com

 

[Kasee]

I suspect you will. Have you had them before?

My last encounter:

The whole nun-baking thing

Right, I’ve already been pulled-up for making an unsubstantiated claim, with this audience it is to be expected - and Kathar1na’s not showed up yet ...

findpenguins.com

I haven’t and think the whole thing is just so fun—even if a bit expensive. Thanks for your link. I hope to be in luck tomorrow.

 

[CaminoKentucky]

I suspect you will. Have you had them before?

My last encounter:

The whole nun-baking thing

Right, I’ve already been pulled-up for making an unsubstantiated claim, with this audience it is to be expected - and Kathar1na’s not showed up yet ...

findpenguins.com

@henrythedog thanks for the good info about the cookies! Just FYI, the Poor Clare nuns are part of the Franciscan family, ie St. Clare was a companion of St. Francis of Assisi and began the cloistered Poor Clares while Francis was beginning the Order of Friars Minor. The Benedictines are another religious order and follow the Rule of St. Benedict.

 

[henrythedog]

@henrythedog thanks for the good info about the cookies! Just FYI, the Poor Clare nuns are part of the Franciscan family, ie St. Clare was a companion of St. Francis of Assisi and began the cloistered Poor Clares while Francis was beginning the Order of Friars Minor. The Benedictines are another religious order and follow the Rule of St. Benedict.

Having been to Assisi - and stayed in a convent - I really should have known that. Thanks.

 

[SFHoneybee]

I suspect you will. Have you had them before?

My last encounter:

The whole nun-baking thing

Right, I’ve already been pulled-up for making an unsubstantiated claim, with this audience it is to be expected - and Kathar1na’s not showed up yet ...

findpenguins.com

@henrythedog omg! Father Ted— I gotta pull up some shows… haha— you are right—there might be a 3-legged race- and it would surely end in chaos

 

[Kasee]

And I was able to buy the cookies!

 

[Anniesantiago]

How did they taste?

 

[Kasee]

How did they taste?

They were delightful! I think they’re made with some almond flour. I had a couple, then left them in the kitchen in my albergue. Gone in a flash!

 

[Steven Dwyer]

I have visited several Turno in my travels, Madrid, Seville and Palma come to mind. Thanks for sharing about this one, though now you have me contemplating yet another Camino to visit. While not using a Turno, I remember findly visiting a cloistered convent in Hollywood (sin city) to buy delicious pumpkin bread from the nuns.

 

[gloria lowe]

There is one in Madrid and the cookies were awesome.

 

[TheRealPixie]

I suspect you will. Have you had them before?

My last encounter:

The whole nun-baking thing

Right, I’ve already been pulled-up for making an unsubstantiated claim, with this audience it is to be expected - and Kathar1na’s not showed up yet ...

findpenguins.com

LOL! I thought the "find penguins" was some sort of kooky website for people who like nuns! I can't stop laughing.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

@henrythedog thanks for the good info about the cookies! Just FYI, the Poor Clare nuns are part of the Franciscan family, ie St. Clare was a companion of St. Francis of Assisi and began the cloistered Poor Clares while Francis was beginning the Order of Friars Minor. The Benedictines are another religious order and follow the Rule of St. Benedict.

I know nothing about the sale of fish cookies, so I suppose my post is partially off topic...
Twenty years ago I lived in the city of Rockford, Illinois, where one of the very few Poor Clare Convents in the US is located. I knew the nuns had a vow of silence and I was always intrigued when I happened to drive by the tall brick wall surrounding the property.

About five+ years ago a Catholic friend of mine mentioned a book had been written about the nuns in Rockford and the author who wrote it was going to be speaking the following week about her book. Out of curiosity we attended and learned she had to develop a relationship over a period of time with the Mother Superior, whom she kept visiting.

Eventually she was allowed to interview any of the nuns who were willing to share for the book she wanted to write. So one by one, individually, the nuns let her have a window into their cloistered life at the monastery; breaking their vow of silence to answer questions posed by the author, whose name is Abbie Reese. I have read her book, "Dedicated to God", shortly after hearing her speak and was intrigued by the unique lifestyle of these nuns. I see it is available on Amazon.

I have just googled and see Ms. Reese has also made a film in 2019, "Chosen (Custody of the Eyes)", about the Rockford Poor Clare nuns. I see she is also on FB and Instagram, although I am not.

In googling I also noticed the convent/monastery has a website, but it is not run by the nuns, as it mentions the nuns do not even have the internet.
It is obvious here that I have been intrigued by their vow and lifestyle.

Poor Clare Colettine Nuns of Rockford, Illinois | JMJ+FCC

www.rockfordpoorclares.org

 

[Kirkie]

Hmm, how did I miss this first time round?
@henrythedog has an expensive taste in biscuits!
Also, a keen eye on the seeming contradiction in the title of the Order and their high end price structure!
It seems to me that they may follow a Rule of silence, rather than take a vow.
When I was a child, I badgered my mother for sugar or butter so I could go with friends to the back of beyond and have the fun and mystery of the whole shebang - ring the bell, be let in, have the turntable swing round, think we had saved them from starvation, and skip back home, till the next time we were looking for that escapade. They were Carmelites, a different enclosed Order.
I found a website for Poor Clares in Galway just now for anyone interested in knowing more. I haven't looked at it. Maybe tomorrow.

Poor Clares

poorclares.ie

 

[timr]

Serendipity. Thanks to @henrythedog @Kirkie @Camino Chrissy

@Camino Chrissy Just the other day I came across some old posts we shared about the Poor Clares and their going away from Medina del Rioseco on the Camino de Madrid, where they had been since 1492. You brought back memories of Poor Clares around the corner from my childhood home in Liverpool (where I am again at present). And I found again your reference to that book by Abbie Reese - which I ordered and which arrived.....yesterday. I look forward to reading it.

The torno (mentioned by @henrythedog) is always fascinating! I celebrated Mass for neighbouring Carmelite Sisters in Nairobi on Easter Sunday morning, many years ago and stayed on for breakfast - in complete seclusion of course. Something adjacent to a "Full Irish" [breakfast] appeared in the torno, just for me!

I have friends who don't strictly remember, but do allege, that as babes in arms they were put into the torno to be greeted by an aunt, living within the cloister!

@Kirkie you will probably recognise the book produced by those particular Poor Clares in Galway!! It was a huge and slightly surprising success in Ireland about ten years ago and they have just produced an anniversary edition.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Thanks, @timr, for posting that link from 2017. When I wrote my post here, I remembered I had posted on the Poor Clare nuns a long time ago, but did not try to find the thread. It was interesting to read the thread again.
I will add that along what you had said, in the book it was told how their numbers were dwindling. The majority of the nuns are quite old and new recruits are few. The nuns live and die at the convent and have a funeral procession and burial on the property if I remember correctly.

 

[KJFSophie]

I’m arriving in Tui tomorrow morning and just realized that it’s a Sunday. Will I still be able to buy cookies from the nuns at the Convento de las Clarisas?

I believe we were in Tui on a Sunday. Make sure you have the correct change. I purchased three cookies and paid exact amount. As I was leaving, a young couple wanted to know about the convent with the cookies and I escorted them to the window. They rang the bell, the window opened with the turntable showing the available items and prices. They told the sister they wanted 4 cookies, but only had a large bill to pay. She spun the turntable around swallowing their 20Euro bill and out sprang 4 fish cookies. then the window slammed shut and the hanging lightbulb went out! LOL They waited about 10 minutes and finally made peace that there would be no change coming. It was all rather entertaining.
( The date of this original post was Sept 23...but thought it was worth the 'warning' )

 

[Camino Chrissy]

She spun the turntable around swallowing their 20Euro bill and out sprang 4 fish cookies. then the window slammed shut and the hanging lightbulb went out! LOL They waited about 10 minutes and finally made peace that there would be no change coming. It was all rather entertaining.

She probably assumed it was a donation.