Prayer, Work &
Community Living

responding to the needs of
the Church & the world

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!

Message From the Prioress

Lent is a time of fasting. Every week, I’ll be posting a suggestion, some very 21st century and some timeless.

Do you sometimes watch TV programs or movies and come away feeling that you’ve been observing someone else’s life instead of living your own? This week, fast from being an observer and embrace the unique gift of your own life.

Prioress Karen Rose

News

Easter Liturgy Services

You are invited to join the monastic community to celebrate Easter…

2024 Haehn Museum Exhibit Opens to Public on Thursday, April 4

The Haehn Museum’s 2024 exhibit, “The Earth is Full of…

Sisters Jonathan Herda and Laura Suhr Interviewed for CSB+SJU’s The Record

Sister Jonathan Herda, who turned 101 on February 21, and Sister…

Saint Benedict’s Monastery Will Partner With Laundry Love in Celebration of Catholic Sisters Week

Catholic Sisters Week (CSW) takes place annually March 8–14…

Lenten Liturgies, Programs and Retreats

Join the monastic community to celebrate the sacred season…

Happening at the Monastery

Grand Opening of the Haehn Museum’s 2024 Exhibit:
“The Earth is Full of God’s Riches”

The Haehn Museum’s 2024 exhibit, “The Earth is Full of God’s Riches,” opens to the public Thursday, April 4, 2024. This exhibit will showcase the nature photography of Sisters Carleen Schomer, Karen Streveler, Linda Dusek and Nancy Bauer.

The grand opening takes place 5–7 p.m., with remarks from the artists starting at 6 p.m. Refreshments will be served. After touring the museum, guests are invited to visit Whitby Gift Shop. Join us!

Daily Meditation for March 18, 2024

Simplicity, beauty and endurance. St. Benedict ingeniously weaves these qualities throughout his Rule. Benedict recognizes them as essential means to living a life in God—a rich, full, human life. They are aids to living life with meaning and focus. Their presence in our lives helps bring us to the hidden places of our hearts. Much in our world today threatens to highjack simplicity, beauty and endurance. In place of these, our lives get filled with superficial complexities, knick-knack-art, and dizzying rates of change. St. Benedict teaches that a Benedictine house should always be an oasis where people come and drink water that refreshes, renews and restores life. It is ours now, to bring living water to our sad and broken world. Oh, how much it needs hope and healing. What is it we bring? It is Christ, whose love is simple, beautiful and endures for all time.

By Christian Morris, OSB