Our Mission
We, the Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, Minn., are a monastic community of women who seek God in our daily lives according to the Gospel and the Rule of Benedict. Through our ministry of prayer, work and community living, we listen and respond to the needs of the Church and the world.
Prayer Requests
As a Benedictine monastic community, a significant part of our mission is prayer. Is there someone or something you would like us to pray for? You’re invited to share your special intentions with us. You will be remembered during our daily prayer of Liturgy of the Hours, and your request will be shared on a community bulletin board seen by the sisters every day.
It is our privilege to pray for you. God bless you!
Daily Meditation for September 14, 2026
/in Daily Meditations/by Emily VraneshTo have a feast exalting the cross, an instrument of torture, humiliation and death, can seem strange and perhaps uncomfortable. But we honor the cross on which Jesus died as a symbol of His redemptive love for us—enduring the degradation on our behalf. Jesus was lifted up on a cross, and He did so despite His status as Son of God, because as Son of God He accepted this final offering of self. Like Him, we embrace the cross as a sign of full giving of self—though our cross may be of our own making. We fashion crosses when we burden our lives with unworthy behavior, often by sins of omission as much as commission. We know our sinfulness, yet we continue to believe in redemption. Jesus triumphed over the cross and in doing so assures us that we can do so, too.
By Carol Berg, OSB