Our CommunityMonastic Life
Communal Life
As Benedictine monastic women, we are committed to living as a community according to the Rule of St. Benedict and under the guidance of a prioress, who is our spiritual leader. We challenge each other to develop our individual gifts and to live responsibly and joyfully. Through mutual love and esteem for one another, we become what we are called to be: one in Christ.
We unite in prayer, work, and leisure, drawing upon each other to strengthen our weaknesses, supply the talents we lack, and multiply our effectiveness in everything we do.
Sister Jane Casey and Sister Maria Volk enjoy a summer day on the shore of Lake Superior.
Sisters participate in the annual American Cancer Society's Relay For Life.
Sisters Mary Martin Beringer, Cabrini Beauvais, and Nancy Flaig (left to right) pick up liturgical guides and music in the Gathering Place of Our Lady Queen of Peace Chapel.
Sister Mary Felten helps with the quarterly newsletter mailings.
Sister Valentina Pilla, a member of our Sister Monastery in Tanzania, is studying at The College of St. Scholastica and living at the Monastery. Here she assists with the Sisters' rhubarb harvest.
The Feast of St. Scholastica, patroness of the Community, is celebrated with a special dinner after Eucharist. Sister Monica Laughlin and Sister Theresa Spinler (left to right).
Taking a welcome coffee break and a chance to chat are Sisters Matthew Laurich (left) and Ramona Ewen.