Entries by Amanda Hackett

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 […]

Wind Chimes

I had just finished a long walk in our woods and was sitting on a bench in a small shelter on the prairie. I heard what sounded like a bell […]

A Tale of Grace

On my way to Saint Benedict’s for our annual Oblate Renewal Day, I drove from Tennessee to Minnesota. The road construction was like none I had ever experienced. All through […]

COVID

If anyone was afraid of getting COVID, it was me. I actually thought that if I got it, I would not survive. Usually, I am a fairly obedient person. By […]

Herman (Stella) Tschida, OSB

Herman (Stella) Tschida, OSB Saint Benedict’s Monastery St. Joseph, Minn. November 15, 1926­­ ­– October 22, 2022 The Eucharist of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, […]

Mary

The playground was all hers. From the cooking fires, to the well, to the watching of the neighborhood comings and goings, joy abounded within. Twas all pure delight as the […]

Holy Humdrum

You might have gathered from some of my previous blogs that I regarded entering the monastery as a Big Thing and that it can be challenging for me when the […]