Join Us for November Prayers!
Posted in Benedictine Prayer on Nov 1st, 2012
If you are close enough to join us for prayers, we welcome you! Check our schedule of Lauds, Eucharist, Noonday and Vespers. Hope to see you!
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Moving Off the Clock during Our Summer Retreat
Posted in Benedictine Prayer, Benedictine practices, Silence, religious life, retreat on Jun 2nd, 2012
Our busyness comes to a sudden halt this week, as our summer retreat begins. Life will move off the clock. We will be steeped in silence, reflection, prayer and rest. We will watch Sister Ruth’s bold and brilliant lilies dance in the early summer breeze, and listen to the bees as they hum amid the [...]
Why I Became – and Remain – a Benedictine Sister
Posted in Benedictine Prayer, Benedictine Sisters, Benedictine practices, Benedictine values, discernment, monastic life, religious life on Jan 26th, 2012
By Sister Stefanie MacDonald, OSB After taking a few years to work and live my Catholic parish life, God sent me another message. I was at church with my father and youngest sisters, when Sisters from a habited community filed in. The pastor introduced them, and they seemed very nice. Several years before, I had [...]
Novice Jackie becomes Sister Jackie!
Posted in Benedictine Prayer, Benedictine Sisters, monastic profession, religious life on Jun 11th, 2011
In her 40’s, Jackie Walsh (far right) was happy. She had a great job as a business systems analyst, a comfortable home in Bloomington, Ill., and a new Ford Focus. She had lots of friends. And she belonged to an active and wonderful parish. So why did she chuck it all to jump half-blind into [...]
A Powerful and Life-Giving Prayer: Friday, June 10
Posted in Benedictine Prayer, Benedictine practices, retreat on Jun 10th, 2011
Parting the clouds like water, the sun shone brightly this morning for the first time in 2 days. As we gather now for our conference, it slips behind the clouds, dimming the diamonds in the grass. From the top of a nearby sapling, a cherry red cardinal calls out. No answer. He tries again. Below, [...]
An Ancient Form of Prayer for Lent
Posted in Benedictine Prayer, Benedictine practices, Lent on Mar 9th, 2011
By Prioress Sister Phyllis McMurray, OSB Lord, impart to us the meaning of the words of Scripture and the light to understand it. St. Hilary of Poiters We read in the gospels of occasions when Jesus withdrew from others in order to pray in solitude. One episode was when Jesus was led by the Spirit [...]