by Sr. Carol Jean | Jun 16, 2020 | Obituary, Sisters
To Paradise now may the angels bring you, and may the martyrs now come to meet you on your way, and may you be led into the holy city Jerusalem. All the choirs of angels make you welcome there, and with Lazarus once so ill and poor, may peaceful joy be now forever...
by Sr. Carol Jean | Feb 9, 2020 | Benedictine, Saint Feasts
Greetings and Happy Feast Day! Tonight, our community will begin to honor the life of St. Scholastica. According to our tradition, Saint Scholastica was the sister (and some would say twin) to Saint Benedict of Nursia. However, all we know about her was shared in one...
by Sr. Carol Jean | Jan 14, 2020 | Benedictine, Rule of Benedict, Saint Feasts
Greetings, On January 15th Benedictines celebrate two saints mentioned in Book Two of the Dialogues telling about the Life of Saint Benedict. In chapter seven, Saint Gregory the Great tells the story of the monk Maur who runs over the water to save young Placid....
by Sr. Carol Jean | Jul 16, 2019 | Benedictine, Marian Feasts
Greetings, Each year we pause to tell the same two stories. It is an opportunity to share the Catholic heritage from our Swiss-Benedictine roots that traveled with us from the Alps to the Plains. The earliest American Benedictine communities were mostly founded...
by Sr. Carol Jean | Jul 11, 2019 | Benedictine, Saint Feasts
Greetings and Happy Feast! Today, we gather as community to offer praise in the Liturgy of the Hours for the gift of Benedict’s life, to celebrate with festive meals, and to share Benedict’s joyful hospitality with those who serve with us at the monastery....
