My Lord God,I have no idea where I am going.I do not see the road ahead of me.I cannot know for certain where it will end.Nor do I really know myself,and the fact that I think I am following your willdoes not mean that I am actually doing so.But I believe that the desire to please […]
Sister Anita Louise, our prioress, wrote a reflection that was published in a book called Give Us This Day. One part of her reflection really struck me: “…praying reminds us that we, too, need to receive God’s merciful love. So let us intercede for those who wrong us and ask God to forgive and be […]
I am currently reading Christus vivit, an apostolic exhortation by Pope Francis. My ministry allows me to work with many young people, and I want to get some understanding of their faiths and what the Pope says about the young people of the church. In one part, I was reading about Mary. Mary was a […]
Recently, we have received many letters from a school group that visited the Monastery. Many young people do not have the opportunity to meet religious sisters, much less come and visit, and the time that these students took was not lost on us. One of the students wrote many letters with lots of questions. One […]
Have you ever wondered if religious life is still vibrant and viable in today’s world? Yes, communities of women are getting older and smaller. Although, we are not as visible as we are not out in many ministries outside the monastery as we once were. But I want to tell you that our community in […]
Today, March 15, we celebrate the first Benedictine sister who came to and founded the first Benedictine convent in America, Mother Benedicta Riepp. Mother Benedicta Riepp was born Maria Sybilla Riepp on June 28, 1825, in Waal in the Bavarian province of Swabia. At age 19, she entered the Benedictine Convent of Saint Walburga in […]
Do you ever wonder if sisters can have friends in a community? Yes, we do have them. We bring along the friendships we have before entering — sometimes this is can be hard with long distances, but we stay connected through phone calls, emails, and social media — and we continue to form new friendships in the […]
by Sister Jane Michele McClure The entire document is less than a hundred pages. The author, with characteristic self-effacement, called it “a little rule for beginners.” Written in the sixth century for a collection of serfs, scholars, shepherds, and wealthy scions of nobility—a motley group of would-be monastics, the Rule of St. Benedict survives today […]
As you continue your discernment process, especially to religious life, Haase mentions that it is an ongoing and lifelong process. We don’t just stop when we become a postulant. Haase states “… it requires listening to your life, the megaphone God uses to communicate with each of us.” When we start really living life it becomes […]
Here are the final 5 attitudes to help in your discernment process. Which of these attitudes do you need to foster more of?