CSS Centennial Kickoff Begins with Prayer of Blessing
On Thursday, January 26, the College of St. Scholastica held the kick-off for is its year-long centennial celebration of the founding of the College in 1912 by the Benedictine Sisters of St....
View ArticleSister Mary Catherine Shambour – World Day of Consecrated Life
Each year on the Sunday closest to the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, the universal Church celebrates and gives thanks for those men and women who have responded to God's call and have become ....
View ArticleSister Jeanne Ann – Sunday Morning
As I looked out the lounge window overlooking Lake Superior, I saw a magnificent sunrise! I went to get my camera and opened the lounge door to get a better picture from the balcony. I quickly took...
View ArticleSister Jeanne Ann Weber – Sorting Through the Options
Each day there are a variety of options before us such as: Should I keep this sweater or donate it to Goodwill? Should I throw these Christmas cards away or keep them? Should I get up and pray or...
View ArticleSister Lisa Maurer – Getting to Know Benedict
In my nearly five years at St. Scholastica Monastery I have learned a lot. One of the highlights has been getting to know Saint Benedict. After all, until entering the Monastery all I knew about him...
View ArticleSister Lisa Maurer – See the Light
Holy Week has begun. It is the busiest and holiest week of the Church Year. It is a week of highs and lows, of cheers and jeers, of crowds and loneliness, of saints and sinners. There is a bit of...
View ArticleSister Lisa Maurer – Profession Thoughts – Part II
In my last post I asked you to tell me what you wanted to know about my life, especially in terms of my anticipated Perpetual Profession. Several people responded with a wide range of questions and I...
View ArticleSister Ann Marie Wainright – Lessons from the Garden
Prayer is individual because, of its essence, it is relationship between God and the individual, but it also draws us into communal prayer, representing all of creation . . .
View ArticleSister Lisa Maurer – Look to Mary
Have you ever had a time when things just didn’t turn out right? Maybe you hoped to go golfing with your friends and it did nothing but rain. Maybe your efforts to rebuild a relationship are met with...
View Article+ Sister Verda Clare Eichner
Sister Verda Clare Eichner died October 19, 2012, in hospice at St. Mary’s Medical Center. Sister was in her sixtieth year of Benedictine Monastic Profession. On Friday, October 26, 2012,...
View ArticleSister Ann Marie Wainright – The Call of the Bells
American culture values individualism and doing over communality and presence. We often identify ourselves by what we own, whom we know, or what work we do. To stop . . .
View ArticleSister Lisa Maurer – Go Off Alone to Pray
In recent days I have been struck by the passages in the Gospels that report how Jesus would go off alone to pray. Although I have no official count . . .
View ArticleSister Ann Marie Wainright – Graced Moments
. . . these are all graced moments from God. . . .
View ArticleFeast of the Presentation – World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Lives
On February 2, the Church observes the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord commemorating the day on which the child Jesus was brought to the temple to be consecrated to God. Because the true light...
View ArticleSister Ann Marie Wainright – Glimpsing Eternity
This day, this moment, is sacred. You will never see it or experience it again. To think otherwise is to believe deceiving eyes, and irrational mind over the wisdom contained in . . .
View ArticlePostulant Therese Carson – Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Why should you spend time in adoration of the Blessed Sacrament? If you want to have an intimate friendship with Jesus, you two need to spend time together. What should you say? Talk with him as...
View ArticleSister Lisa Maurer – Did Jesus also think of us?
The sayings of Jesus on the cross (also called the Seven Last Words from the Cross) are seven expressions gathered from the Gospels and attributed to Jesus during his crucifixion. We can use these...
View ArticleSister Lisa Maurer – Stillness and Solitude
Holy Saturday is a day of stillness and solitude.The songs of the joyous entry into Jerusalem are long forgotten.The actions at the Passover are but shadows. . . .
View ArticleSister Lisa Maurer – Holy, Holy, Holy,
Praise is a good thing and it is one of the secret weapons of our faith. It is pleasant, valuable, and morally excellent. Prayers of praise bring us closer to God and . . .
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