IFSB FORUM ABBREVIATIONS AND PHRASES
COMPILED BY LEE PRATSCH
ABC Archbishop of Canterbury [24582]
A-HSMC Affiliate Hermit of St. Mary of Carmel
AKA Also known as
BCP Book of Common Prayer (Used by the Church of England)
Bl Blessed [20397]
BTW By the way
CE Common or Christian Era
CofE Church of England; the Anglican Church
CCC Catechism of the Catholic Church
CFP Confraternity of Penitents
CFR Community of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal
CHSB Community of Hermits of St. Bruno [20700]
CLC Carthusian Lay Contemplatives; the original name of what became IFSB & SBLC. [15549]
CNC Cathusian Novice Conference(s)
CP Centering Prayer
CV Consecrated Virgin
DOFF (Dialoguing, Discussing, Disputing, Debating) on the Forum Fellow[22844]. Someone who frequently sends messages to the IFSB Forum.
DRE Director of Religious Education
ECUSA The Episcopal Church USA
ELCA Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
er. Cam Hermit Camaldolese
EWTN Eternal Word Television Network
FA Fast Oxidizer
FG Father General
FWIW For What It's Worth
GC The Grande Chartreuse
GILH General Instruction for the Liturgy of the Hours
GMT Greenwich Mean Time
HBHJ Hermits of Bethlehem of the Heart of Jesus
ICEL International Commission on English in the Liturgy
IFSB International Fellowship of St. Bruno [20709, 20755]
IMHO In My Humble Opinion
IMNSHO In My Not So Humble Opinion
IOW In Accordance With
IP Internet Provider
JMHO Just My Humble Opinion
JP John Paul
KJV King James Version
LAT Living Alone Together [20177]
LCMS Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
LD Lectio Divina
LGC Le Grande Chartreuse
LMC Lay Missionary of Charity
LOH Liturgy of the Hours
LOL Laughing Out Loud
MBAB Monasteries of Bethlehem and the Assumption of the Virgin and St. Bruno
MC Missionary of Charity
MHO My Humble Opinion
MT Mother
NKJV New King James Version [24854]
NOMB None of my Business
NB Nota Bene (Latin) note well
NM No Message
NO Novus Ordo (Latin: "new order") the new order of mass
NZ New Zealand
oblSB Cam Oblate of St. Benedict, Camaldolese
OCA Orthodox Church in America
O. Carm. Order of Carmelites [20397]
OCD Order of Discalced Carmelites
OCSO Order of Cistercians of Strict Observance (the Trappists)
OLOC Our Lady of Czestochowa [24018]
OMI Oblates of Mary Immaculate [24858]
OOR Office of Readings
OSBCam Order of St. Benedict, Camaldolese
QE I Queen Elizabeth the First
RCIA Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults [24844]
RAI Radio Audizioni Italiane (Italian) The Italian government broadcast network
RC Roman Catholic
REM Rapid Eye Movement
RF Reverend Father
SBLC St. Bruno Lay Contemplatives [20709, 20755]
SJA St. Joseph's Abbey (Trappist monastery in Spencer, Massachusetts) [24706]
S.D.R. Sons and Daughters of the Resurrection
S.L.G. Sisters of the Love of God [21014]
S.O. Strict Observance [20309]
SOLT Society of our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity
SSF Society of St. Francis [Anglican]
SSPX Society of St. Pius X (Founded by Archbishop Lefebvre)
SWAP Sunday Worship in the Absence of a Priest
TB Tibetan Buddist [20404]
TD True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin (a book by St. Louis de Montfort)
T.O.S.M. Third Order of the Servants of Mary [20916]
TPOTC The Passion of the Christ (a movie directed by Mel Gibson)
TR Charterhouse of the Transfiguration [23513]
UPC United Pentecostal Church
USACV United States Association of Consecrated Virgins
UTC Universal Time Coordinated
WELS Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
WSL The Way of Silent Love of the CNC
WW Weekly Walk
Apophatic A form of prayer transcending the use of thoughs and images [25026]
Ascesis A hard, long struggle (p. 8, WSL, NCS)
Avis Spirituality "We try harder;" said of ascetical practices. [18921]
Hesychasm [Greek] Tranquility, silence, stillness (p. 15, WSL, NCS)
Kataphatic A form of prayer employing thoughts and images [25026]
Nepsis Vigilance or watchfulness of the monastic tradition [p. 9, WSL, NCS]
O Bonitas! [Latin] Oh Goodness! [a favorite phrase of St. Bruno]
Quies Peace, tranquility; similar to hesychasm [p. 18, WSL, NCS]