by Sr. Carol Jean | Aug 3, 2017 | Benedictine, Service
Greetings, The Rule of Benedict calls the community to service to each other. While a sister’s assigned work or ministry might lead to her to teaching, nursing, pastoral care, or other paid ministry, her service to her Benedictine sisters is understood to be a...
by S Carol Jean | Jul 30, 2016 | Service, Sisters
Greetings, “In the United States, the pollinators which we depend on for the majority of our pollination services are bees, including the non-native European honeybee and over 4,000 species of native bees. Evidence of population declines of bees, not only in the...
by S Carol Jean | May 28, 2016 | Peace, Sisters
Greetings, Today, our Sister Vocation Director was once again in the right place at the right time. She happened to see this beautiful deer enjoying the peace and quiet of our own back yard! Truly, who is God except the LORD? Who but our God is the rock? This God who...
by S Carol Jean | May 12, 2016 | Prayer, Sisters
Greetings, Today, our Sister Vocation Director was filling-in for the sister who usually drives the sisters to their appointments on Wednesdays. After dropping one sister off at her appointment, she came across a couple of turkey hens that had flown on top of our...
by S Carol Jean | Nov 14, 2015 | Service, Year of Consecrated Life
The Work of Our Hands ~ Sister Viticulturist Greetings, The monastery hallways were filled with a wonderful, tart smell this week. One after another of our sisters followed their noses to our communal kitchen to find the source of the intriguing smell. They found...
