by admin on July 22, 2010
The halls of the Monastery rang with laughter and the excited sounds of storytelling on Saturday July 17, when the monastic Community hosted Re-Membering Friends 2010. Re-Membering was the name chosen in 1995 when the first weekend event was held to bring together current and former members of the Community for a time of healing, [...]
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by admin on July 16, 2010
On Sunday, July 11, the Feast of St. Benedict, five sisters celebrated their 50th Jubilee of monastic profession. During a Eucharistic Mass at Our Lady Queen of Peace Chapel, these Sisters sang the Suscipe* and then signed the Renewal of Monastic Profession before their Community, family members, and friends.
Sister Gloria Ess, Sister Donna Schroeder, Sister [...]
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Sister Jean Maher of St. Scholastica Monastery (at the microphone) and director of McCabe Renewal Center was invited to pray a blessing on Tuesday, July 6, for the Pastors for Peace in front of the federal building in Duluth, Minnesota.
Pastors for Peace is taking supplies to Cuba that were collected in Duluth.
Mayor Don Ness spoke [...]
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by admin on June 30, 2010
On Tuesday, June 29, 2010, thirty people gathered at St. Scholastica Monastery for a morning reflective retreat on “A Walk with Thomas Merton on His Journey Home (1915-1968).” The retreat was facilitated by Sarah O’Malley, OSB.
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by admin on June 30, 2010
As of June 11, 2010, Sister Joan Braun has a new title—Nonagenarian. She celebrated this 90th birthday at dinner that evening with with her Community and special guests Eugene and Beverly Stelman. But new titles are a lifelong habit of Sister Joan’s….
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by admin on June 24, 2010
Silvio Lidio Zabala from the Bronx, New York City, has graduated as part of the Marshall School class of 2010.
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