Our annual summer silent retreat is underway, and we are going to share it with you.
You can make this retreat at home, if you wish, by reading each reflection and taking time to reflect, journal, sit in silence or walk quietly through a beautiful place.
By Sisters Mary Core and Stefanie MacDonald, OSB
Liturgy of the Hours
Benedict writes:
We believe that the divine presence is everywhere Continue Reading
Our annual summer silent retreat is underway, and we are going to share it with you.
You can make this retreat at home, if you wish, by reading each reflection and taking time to reflect, journal, sit in silence or walk quietly through a beautiful place.
By Sister Stefanie MacDonald, OSB
Our annual silent retreat is underway. Father Joel Rippinger (Marmion Abbey), our retreat director, is focusing on Benedictine monastic life.
He began with Chapter 72 of the Holy Rule: Continue Reading
Our annual summer silent retreat – directed by Father Joel Rippinger, OSB – was a graced time. Father Joel Rippinger, OSB shared topics that stem from our common life as Benedictine Monastics.
We share his talks here, as an online retreat for you. We hope they speak to you, and help lift you in whatever direction God calls.
Enjoy, and God bless.
Day #7: Peace and Joy in Community
Day #6: Work: Making Something Beautiful for God
Day #5, afternoon: The Grace and Mercy of Reconciliation
Day #5, morning: Hospitality: A Sacramental Grace
Day #4, afternoon: What Makes a House a Home?
Day #4, morning: Celibacy: Our Radical Choice
Day #3, afternoon: Need the Latest iPhone? Maybe Not!
Day #3, morning: The Ultimate Reality Check
Day #2, afternoon: Why Practice Obedience, Silence, Humility?
Day #2, morning: Why pray?
Day #1, opening: Being Who We are Meant to Be
At Mass this morning with my Sisters, I thought about the Visitation. Makes sense. Today is the Feast of the Visitation.
But I had another reason: I saw Mary’s experience through the eyes of a discerner. Continue Reading
Sister Mary Jane Wallace hosts a reception for her piano students following their 2016 recital.
Ask a Catholic Benedictine Sister for her wisdom, and she’s likely to tell you a story. Why? Because wisdom comes through listening and being. This is the 3rd story in our Wisdom Series.
Sister Mary Jane Wallace is in-between piano lessons.
She’s been thinking a lot lately about what we expect from kids in the classroom and at the keyboard.
She’s decided we need to spend more time praising and less time criticizing. Continue Reading
Ask a Catholic Benedictine Sister for her wisdom, and she’s likely to tell you a story. Why? Because wisdom comes through listening and being. This is the 2nd story in our Wisdom Series.
At 98 years of age, Sister Mary Jean Feeney credits change as a tremendous teacher. She shares a story from her own life as an example: Continue Reading
Ask a Catholic Benedictine Sister for her wisdom, and she’s likely to tell you a story. Why? Because wisdom comes through listening and being. This is the 1st story in our Wisdom Series.
Sister Catherine Maloney says she gained more wisdom from a 7-year-old boy than she did from anyone else during her service as a hospital chaplain. She met David as he was losing his battle with cancer.
“David had the heart of all children,” Sr. Catherine says. Continue Reading
Webster’s defines wisdom as “discernment and judgment; discretion; sagacity.”
Ask a Catholic Benedictine Sister for her thoughts, though, and she’ll tell you it’s not about a definition. Instead, she says wisdom is about how we listen, learn and give our gifts away.
Monastic Benedictine women should know. They steep themselves in scriptural wisdom, contemplative wisdom and the wisdom of their founder, St. Benedict.
By the time Sisters retire from active ministry, they have accumulated the wisdom of the ages. Here, then, are the wisdom stories, reflections and observations from some of our elders.
Come back every week for a new post!
Wisdom Story #7: Open to God in Silence
Wisdom Story #6: Listen for Wisdom
Wisdom Story #5: Claim Your Miracles
Wisdom Story #4: Listen to Your Elders
Wisdom Story #3: Forgive Yourself
Wisdom Story #2: The Gift of Change
Wisdom Story #1: Honoring the Last Wish of a Young Boy
By Sister Catherine Cleary, OSB
Today our church celebrates the feast of Pentecost, so called for the “Pente,” or 50 days after Easter Sunday.
You know the story: after the crucifixion, the Apostles were gathered in the Upper Room when the Holy Spirit descended on them (Acts 2:1-42).
Who is that? Continue Reading
By Sister Stefanie MacDonald, OSB
Jesus’ discourse goes on to reveal that there are certain family traits – ways of thinking, acting, and speaking – that identify us as God’s people and his brothers and sisters. Fr. John Meoska, OSB
Families do tend to share traits, don’t they? Continue Reading
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