Perspectives of a Wanderer

Yes, I know it sounds weird living in a society that is infected by plagues like Relativism, Socialism, Materialism, Liberalism, and Global Capitalism, but I am wondering if it could be a viable to completely living in today’s society.

Many Catholics, including myself, belong to various third orders and/or confraternities that share in the spirituality of a particular order or movement but are not religious members of that order.  From what I have read, and that has been very cursory at best, what I am looking at has existed in the past in one form or another with the best example being that of Third Order of St. Francis.

At the present, I am still researching this idea of mine but what I am looking at is where a group lives in a community, but still works outside of the community in many cases or in jobs associated with the community.  These communities can be set up anywhere but should be as self-reliant as possible.

These communities, based on the actual size will be broken up into a number of groups.  These groups would include, but not restricted to, married, single males, single females, and those inquiring and/or actively pursuing a religious life.  These communities would also follow a particular rule that could be completely based on a current rule, one of the most famous being the Rule of St. Benedict, a modified version of one of those rules, or a completely new one.

One thing that has consistently been mentioned when I suggest these types of thing is that I am trying to set up communities/societies completely separated (i.e. isolated) from current society.  This is not true.  What I envision is an alternative within the current framework of society that could become the norm.

There is more that would go into these types of communities but, at the present time, I am looking mainly at the possibility, viability, and examples of (both historical and present) communities.

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