Benedictine Sisters, Sacred Heart Monastery in Cullman, Alabama - Home

Sister Janet Marie Flemming, OSB

Place of Birth: Birmingham, Alabama

Prioress of the Sacred Heart Community
Religious Educator

Retreat Leader

Sister Bernadette Sachs, OSB

Place of Birth: Cullman, Alabama

Sub-Prioress of the Sacred Heart Community
Director of the Monastic Infirmary

Sister Tonette Sperando, OSB

Place of Birth: Birmingham, Alabama

(link to vocation story)

Treasurer of the Sacred Heart Community

Director of Development

Sister Madeline Contorno, OSB

Place of Birth: Birmingham, Alabama

Secretary of the Sacred Heart Community
Pastoral Associate, Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church, Birmingham

Grief Counselor

Spiritual Director

Sister Priscilla Cohen, OSB

Place of Birth: Eglin AFB, Florida

Monastic Coordinator
Registered Nurse in hospital ministry

Oblate Director

Retreat Leader

Spiritual Director

Sister Mary Leo Arnold, OSB

Place of Birth: Binghamton, New York

Community Service

Sister Regina Barrett, OSB

Place of Birth: Saltillo, Mississippi

Food Service Supervisor for the Community and Retreat Center

Sister Mary Vincent Beckman, OSB

Place of Birth: Sheffield, Alabama

Organist

Community Service

Development Office Volunteer

Sister Jane Bishop, OSB

Place of Birth: Honolulu, Hawaii

Pastoral Care Minister, Birmingham

Sister Sherrie Brainard, OSB

Place of Birth: Warren, Pennsylvania

Information Technology Director and Physical Plant Manager,

John Carroll Catholic High School, Birmingham

Musician

Sister Sara Aiden Burress, OSB

Place of Birth: Anchorage, Alaska

Scholastic in Initial Formation

Religion Instructor, Sacred Heart Elementary School, Cullman

RCIA Instructor, Sacred Heart Parish, Cullman

Sister Mary Jude Clark, OSB

Place of Birth: Cullman, Alabama

Community Service

Sister Brigid Clarke, OSB

Place of Birth: Savannah, Georgia

Community Service

Benedictine Sisters Retreat Center Staff Member

Benedictine Manor Volunteer

Sister Mary Ruth Coffman, OSB

Place of Birth: Memphis, Tennessee 

Community Archivist

Community Librarian

Sister Magdalena Craig, OSB

Place of Birth: Louisville, Kentucky

Community Liturgist

Community Organist

Novice Director
Vocation Director

Coordinator, Benedictine Journeys

Sister Marian Davis, OSB

Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland

College Professor - English

Sister Margaret Mary Fisher, OSB

Place of Birth: Minneapolis, Minnesota

Community Service

Benedictine Manor Volunteer

Library Assistant - Monastic Library

Sister Margaret Frederick, OSB

Place of Birth: Miami, Florida

Community Service

Benedictine Manor Volunteer

Sister Eileen Gallagher, OSB

Place of Birth: Queens, New York

Family Practice Physician

Retreat Leader

Sister Kathleen Gallas, OSB

Place of Birth: South Bend, Indiana

Food Service Supervisor for the Community and Retreat Center
Director of Monastery Grounds

Spiritual Director

Retreat Leader

Sister Eleanor Harrison, OSB

Place of Birth: Birmingham, Alabama

Community Service

Sister Francine Hasenbein, OSB

Place of Birth: Cullman, Alabama

Community Service

Library Assistant - Monastic Library

Sister Thérèse Haydel, OSB

Place of Birth: New Orleans, Louisiana

Director, Benedictine Sisters Retreat Center

Supervisor of Maintenance and Information Technology for the Community

Associate Vocation Director

Retreat Leader

Sister Treva Heinberg, OSB

Place of Birth: Pensacola, Florida

RCIA Director, Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Huntsville

Spiritual Director

Former Prioress

Sister Mary Hughes, OSB

Place of Birth: Cullman, Alabama

Infirmary, Prayer Ministry

Sister Ursula Laurent, OSB

Place of Birth: Wallace, Louisiana

Community Service

Development Office Volunteer

Sister Marie Leonard, OSB

Place of Birth: Birmingham, Alabama

Diocesan Director of Lay Ministry

Retreat Leader

Adult Faith Formation

Sister Margaret Mary Liang, OSB

Place of Birth: Karachi, Pakistan

Parish Minister to the Sick and Homebound, Birmingham

Sister Karen Ann Lortscher, OSB

Place of Birth: Columbus, Ohio

Catholic Campus Minister, Birmingham

Sister Cecilia MacDermott, OSB

Place of Birth: Holywood, Ireland

On Sabbatical

Sister Mary McGehee, OSB

Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri

Spiritual Director

Retreat Leader

Scholastic Director

Yoga Teacher

Sister Lynn Marie McKenzie, OSB

Place of Birth: Mobile, Alabama

Attorney in Civil Practice

Canon Lawyer

Diocesan Tribunal Judge

Canon Law consultant for religious communities

Sister Mary Adrian McLean, OSB

Place of Birth: Jasper, Alabama

Artisan (Potter)

Development Office Volunteer

Sister Lynn Elisabeth Meadows, OSB

Place of Birth: Augusta, Georgia

(link to vocation story)

Scholastic in Initial Formation

Associate Director, Benedictine Sisters Retreat Center

Sacristan

Website Administrator

Sister Mary Grace Mecke, OSB

Place of Birth: Florence, Alabama

Community Service

Sister Kathleen Christa Murphy, OSB

Place of Birth: Northampton, Massachusetts

Community Service

Development Office Volunteer

Web Correspondence Volunteer

Sister Mary Robert Oliver, OSB

Place of Birth: Birmingham, Alabama

Retired teacher and minister to the homeless

Sister Benita Peters, OSB

Place of Birth: Abita Springs, Louisiana

Community Service

Infirmary Assistant

Sister Dominica Rigotti, OSB

Place of Birth: Birmingham, Alabama

Community Service, Prayer Ministry

Sister Virginia Rohling, OSB

Place of Birth: Birmingham, Alabama

Director, Benedictine Manor

Former Prioress

Sister Veronica Ryan, OSB

Place of Birth: Rochester, New York

Hispanic Ministry, Archdiocese of Mobile

Former Prioress

Sister Emilie Schmitt, OSB

Place of Birth: Eufaula, Alabama

Assistant Sacristan

Benedictine Sisters Retreat Center Staff Member

Community Service

Sister Bertha True, OSB

Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio

(link to vocation story)

Community Service

Tutor for ESL students

Sister Florence Veigl, OSB

Place of Birth: Cullman, Alabama

Community Service

Eucharistic Minister to the Infirm

Sister Scholastic Warkman, OSB

Place of Birth: Huntington, West Virginia

Infirmary, Prayer Ministry

Sister Mary Stella Williams, OSB

Place of Birth: West Palm Beach, Florida

Infirmary, Prayer Ministry