Rooted Here, Rooted Now: What Our Benedictine Monastic Promises Mean
Posted in Benedictine practices, Benedictine video, Benedictine vows, monastic life, monastic profession, religious life, video on Aug 19th, 2012
Sister Stefanie MacDonald made her First Monastic Profession to our Benedictine community in Rock Island, Ill. 2 years ago. Here, she signs her monastic promises during a simple but beautiful ceremony in our chapel. One of the differences between apostolic communities (like the Franciscans and Dominicans) and Benedictine monastic communities is our vows. In fact, [...]