When you become a Benedictine Sister, you follow a Rule that is more than 1500 years old.

Benedictine Sisters are different from other orders, praying and living in monastic community, yet going out for ministries. We follow the Rule of Benedict, a loving guide to life in ommunity.

Browse these pages and articles to see how you might fit in, and then contact us! We look forward to walking with you in your discernment journey.

Above: Sisters Claudia Scharf, Jackie Walsh and Stefanie MacDonald celebrate Sister Jackie's First Monastic Profession June 11, 2011!

How are we different?

We crave silence ... and laughter.

We crave solitude ... and companionship.

We drop everything three times a day to pray together.

Our ministries - from canon law to social work, and education to helping the poor - never take us far from home.

Helpful articles:

Monastic Profession: Our Promise to Try

Monastic versus Apostolic Prayer Styles: A Discernment Clue

Newest Benedictine Postulant answers your questions

Could you live in monastic community?

Could you become a Benedictine Nun?

What's life like for a new Benedictine Postulant?

Browse through these pages. Read about women who reflect on their discernment journey. Check out the Common Questions. Participate in our vocation blog . And call or e-mail our vocation director, Sister Bobbi. Like you, she's wondered what to do with her “one wild and precious life.”* She will do everything she can to help you come to peace about it.
* Mary Oliver

Questions for Reflection

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Benedictine Experience Weekend Explore your religious vocation with other single Catholic women between the ages of 18 and 50. Contact Sr. Bobbi Bussan at (309)283-2300 for upcoming opportunities.