Our CommunityMonastic Life
Hospitality
We are a Monastic Community of Benedictine Sisters who live according to the Gospel and the Rule of St. Benedict. We strive for a balance of communal and private prayer, work, and leisure in our lives. Through our diverse ministries we are committed to helping create a more just and compassion-ate world.
Christ tells us "Whatsoever you do to the least of my people, so you do unto me." If we listen, we hear the call to be open to one another, to give what we have and to welcome all guests as we would welcome Christ. This means everyone, and, as a Benedictine, it means everything. We must truly share whatever we have.
Sisters Agatha Riehl, Donna Schroeder, and Mary JeanTuttle serve refreshments on the
Feast of St. Scholastica
Sisters welcomed the Stanbrook Hall reunion class of 1960.
"Hospitality became the pillar of all I did as a teacher and health care professional--trying to treat each student, patient, co-worker, and those with whom I lived with openness and hospitality."
— Sister Armella Oblak, Monastery hospitality coordinator
Sister Johnetta Maher prepares Rockhurst Dining Room for a donor reception.
Sisters bless the newly renovated Alicia's Place, the former Cathedral/Sacred Heart Convent, that is now providing temporary housing for homeless women.
Sister Armella Oblak (left) welcomes visitors from Our Lady of Victory parish of Minneapolis.
Sister Margaret Clarke, at right, leads a tour of the Heritage Room.