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

This is the Jubilee year of Hope, proclaimed by Pope Francis. Hope is one of the three theological virtues (the others being faith and love). It is the confident belief and assertion that God’s promises will be fulfilled.  Let us pray that in the face of all the challenges in the world today, we can continue to hope, turn that hope into action and so become channels of divine love at work in the world.

Prioress Karen Rose, OSB

News

Join the Monastic Community For Lenten Liturgies

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Spiritual R & R Day Open for Registration • Thursday, February 20, 2025

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Happening at the Monastery

Ash Wednesday: Looking Forward to Easter Joy With Spiritual Longing (RB 49) • Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Benedict mentions “joy” twice in Chapter 49 of his Rule on the Observance of Lent. Lent is a time for a spiritual reset. What could this Lent look like so we can look forward to Easter Joy with spiritual longing and the grace of the Holy Spirit?

Date: Wednesday, March 5, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Facilitator: Hélène Mercier, OSB
Limit: 10 participants
Fee: $75 (includes noon meal)

Daily Meditation for February 14, 2025

A few years ago, there was a bookstore in Minneapolis called The Hungry Mind. That is a perfect name for a bookstore and also for the eager, insatiable desire to learn that has possessed humans since the very beginning. Books, of course, are one good way to satisfy this hunger. The good news is that neither books, nor bookstores, nor libraries have disappeared as some predicted. We can also learn from almost every person if we ask curious questions and listen to their answers. We can spend time learning what squirrels and owls and stars have to teach us about existence. In silence, we can sink into the wordless center of ourselves to learn what God is saying to us. The only way to crush this hunger is to decide that we know enough; that our minds are now full like an overstuffed stomach that can’t take in another tasty morsel. But minds like bodies need food to keep from dying. So, here’s to hungry minds in the new year and the hope they can lead us to.

By Mara Faulkner, OSB