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	<description>Catholic Benedictine Sisters of St. Mary Monastery, Rock Island, Ill., blog with inquirers discerning their religious calling to monastic life.</description>
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		<title>St. Ambrose Church: Where Sister Claudia is Supposed to Be</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 18:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Benedictine values]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Benedictine Sister Claudia Scharf, OSB runs the administrative office at St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Milan, Ill. Although she loves the people and enjoys the variety of tasks the job presents, it wasn&#8217;t too long ago that she found herself wondering whether it was the right ministry for her. &#8220;You don&#8217;t always get much feedback [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sister Augustine Rael, OSB 1934-2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 12:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Obituary of Sr. Augustine Rael]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sister Augustine (Arlinda) Rael O.S.B., 77 of St. Mary Monastery, Rock Island, died Saturday May 5, 2012 at the Monastery. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday in the Chapel of St. Mary Monastery, Rock Island. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at the Monastery, where a Christian wake service [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;The Place Where your Deep Gladness Meets the World&#8217;s Needs&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 09:43:22 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[discernment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discernment journey]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Sister Catherine Cleary, OSB True vocation joins self and service, as Frederick Buechner asserts when he defines vocation as, &#8220;The place where your deep gladness meets the world&#8217;s needs.&#8221; Buechner&#8217;s definition starts with the self and moves toward the needs of the world: it begins , wisely, where vocation begins, not in what the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sr. Sandra Brunenn elected prioress of St. Mary Monastery</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 22:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jennifer Willems, The Catholic Post ROCK ISLAND &#8212; As Sister Sandra Brunenn, OSB, considers her future as the new prioress of St. Mary Monastery, she acknowledges that there’s “a huge mixed bag” of emotions to sort through. In that bag are awe, gratitude, immense respect for the giftedness of the members of her Benedictine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prioress Election Results</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:08:45 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Benedictine practices]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are delighted to let you know that Sister Sandra Brunenn, OSB has been elected as our new prioress. Her term will begin with her installation in June. We&#8217;ll post more information this week!]]></description>
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		<title>Election Weekend Begins</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:45:10 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Benedictine practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Benedictine election]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We begin an election process today to discern our new prioress. She will replace Sister Phyllis McMurray, OSB, who has served as prioress for the past 8 years. (This photo is from her installation in 2004. She is being blessed by outgoing prioress Sister Ruth Ksycki, OSB.) A little background: The prioress is the spiritual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Softening Our Hearts Benedictine-Style</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 19:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Benedictine values]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Prioress Sister Phyllis McMurray, OSB In the Prologue of the Rule, St. Benedict urges us to continue to practice answering the calls we receive.  He quotes from Scripture, “It is high time for us to arise from sleep,” “to open our eyes to the light that comes from God,” and “our ears to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Dance, My Song, My Call</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:57:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Benedictine poetry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Waves What strange moving splendor, That comes without our call, That plays a rushing symphony With long white fingers on the sandy shore; That comes and comes, always coming And always more. Something deep within keeps pushing Up and outward, then Comes again and plays its song. Again it comes in flowing dance From depths [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Easter: The Energy of the Holy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2012 11:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Prioress Sister Phyllis McMurray, OSB Which story of the resurrection speaks to you most compellingly? I have to say I have many favorite stories of the resurrection, a few of which are: Mary of Magdala meeting Jesus in the Garden, Peter and Paul racing to the tomb to verify the report of the women [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holy Week in a Benedictine Monastery</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sr. Mary Core</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Good Friday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holy Saturday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holy Thursday]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Sister Mary Core, OSB Holy Week is upon us, and, as many people do, we make plans to be with family. Our family of Sisters, that is. Indeed, Holy Week includes our most solemn and important liturgical celebrations. We began with Palm Sunday, with the blessing of the palms and a procession around the [...]]]></description>
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