Sister Paula Revier entered eternal life on Thursday, July 14, 2022. Funeral arrangements are as follows: Sunday, July 17 1–4:15 p.m. Reception of the body followed by visitation at Saint Scholastica Convent 7 p.m. Vigil Prayer Service in Sacred Heart Chapel Monday, July 18 9 a.m. Visitation until time of funeral 10:30 a.m. Eucharist of Christian Burial […]
Sister Paula (Chloe, Paul) Revier, OSB Saint Benedict’s Monastery St. Joseph, Minn. December 16, 1933 – July 14, 2022 The Eucharist of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, July 18, 2022, at the Sacred Heart Chapel, Saint Benedict’s Monastery, St. Joseph, for S. Paula (Chloe) Revier, who died on Thursday, July […]
Sister Ephrem Hollermann and her newly published book, Like a Mustard Seed: A History of the First Benedictine Women’s Monastery in North America, were featured in the July 11 edition of the Monday Starter by Global Sisters Report. The book traces the history of the Benedictine community from which Saint Benedict’s Monastery in St. Joseph, […]
Saint Benedict’s Monastery will host two Come and Be Discernment Retreats in November 2022 and March 2023. Join other single women for a weekend of self-discovery and vocation discernment. Learn and discover some of our Benedictine/Christian values that shape us, listen to personal reflections that will help you better understand if God is calling you […]
July 11, the Feast of Saint Benedict, is the 10th anniversary of my perpetual monastic profession and the 13th anniversary of my first monastic profession. It’s a significant date. Every day of my life is precious to me, but this is one of those key dates that make me pause for thought. Right now, I’m […]
Our writers are off for the summer! Please enjoy these weekly meditations until we resume our daily meditations in the fall. Blessings!
Sisters Bridgette Powers and Laura Suhr, who will both make perpetual monastic profession on Monday, July 11, were featured in The Central Minnesota Catholic. In the article, which can be found on pages 22–23, both Benedictine sisters share pieces of their vocation journeys and what has led them to commit to a lifetime of seeking […]
To celebrate my perpetual profession in 1989, I invited community members, family and friends to assist me in making a blessing quilt. Everyone responded to my request and made a quilt square for me. Each quilt square holds a special memory or tells a story unique to the individual who designed it. No two squares […]
Our writers are off for the summer! Please enjoy these weekly meditations until we resume our daily meditations in the fall. Blessings!
Early in June, a large group of sisters and a small group of oblates were directed in retreat by Mary Stommes, an oblate of Saint Benedict’s Monastery. After a brief introduction on Sunday evening to the theme “Listen: Does Wisdom not Call?”, the schedule for the following week was established. Twenty-five-minute conferences were scheduled at […]
