Entries by Amanda Hackett

Blessing

As a Benedictine Live-In Experience volunteer, I serve in many departments and have had a lot of wonderful experiences with different sisters and staff at Saint Benedict’s Monastery. It’s meaningful […]

Dorothy Day: A Modern-Day Saint?

Oblate Sunday on November 20 featured oblate Clarey McInerny speaking about Dorothy Day. Her enthusiastic and animated presentation not only covered the life of Dorothy Day, but also her activism […]

How to Be Eucharist

εὐχαριστία eucharistia berakah בְּרָכָה Thank you! eucharistia and berakah are feminine nouns. The first is Greek and the second is Hebrew from which the Greek was translated. Those words are […]

Visio Divina of Life

As a Benedictine Live-In Experience volunteer, I have many departments I serve in, including at Saint Scholastica Convent, the sisters’ retirement center, just down the road in St. Cloud. One […]

Connecting With You

The fall leaves glisten—reflective upon the lake this crisp morning. Being tucked away in the stillness awaiting that which is to come—the momentary pause breathes life. “Behold, I make all […]

Life of a Live-In Volunteer

I am a Benedictine Live-In Experience volunteer. What a mouthful. Usually the title gets shortened to “live-in volunteer,” although “Jack of All Trades” or “all over the place” also fit. […]

Taking a Moderate Risk

Recently, the monastery has had some cases of COVID. We’re all vaccinated and boosted, no one has so far been seriously ill, and it’s not as if a lot of […]