Daily Meditation for December 8, 2023
In this season, we sing with glad hearts about peace on Earth and goodwill toward all. But as a human community, we seem farther away than ever from this dream. […]
Communications Coordinator for Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict
In this season, we sing with glad hearts about peace on Earth and goodwill toward all. But as a human community, we seem farther away than ever from this dream. […]
Sister Rita Budig entered eternal life on Wednesday, December 6, 2023. We rejoice with her in her coming home to God. Funeral Arrangements Monday, December 11 3–4:15 p.m. Prayer Service […]
Rita (Anthony) Budig, OSB Saint Benedict’s Monastery St. Joseph, Minn. December 24, 1934 – December 6, 2023 The Eucharist of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, […]
Dorothy Day is quoted as saying, “If you have two coats, you have stolen one from the poor.” Stolen? Wow! Strong words calling us to look at our actions and […]
The public is invited to join the monastic community for liturgies throughout the Christmas season. Sunday, December 24 | Christmas Eve 8 p.m. Caroling and Christmas Eucharist in Sacred Heart […]
“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and […]
Recently, I listened to an interview that Krista Tippett, MPR’s host to “On Being,” did with Jacob Needleman, author of The American Soul: The Inward Work of Democracy. His ideas […]
Our world is in constant turmoil; we see environmental disasters and human conflict globally. No paradise in sight! Then one reads the prophet Isaiah, who describes a paradise so alluring […]
The Spirituality Center•Studium will be closed Thursday, December 14, from 2–4 p.m. for community meetings. It will also close at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, December 22, 2023, through Monday, January […]
Today, many places in the world suffer deeply; many suffer from global warming so that access to adequate food becomes a very real problem. I read an article about a […]
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