Community News

The latest issue of Benedictine Update, the community’s bi-annual newsletter, has been published and mailed to our friends, family, and benefactors.  A pdf copy can be read at this link: BenedictineUpdateDec2019  

For the second consecutive year, the monastic community invited the women Religious within the Diocese of Birmingham to join them for a Day of Reflection during Advent.  This year, the reflection day was led by Fr. John McDonald, pastor of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Anniston, AL, and a priest…

One of our two ‘grandmother houses’ – St. Benedict’s Monastery in Pittsburgh, PA – is celebrating its 150th birthday this year.  As part of the celebration, Sr. Tonette was invited to participate in a special evening of giving thanks and celebrating their ministerial heritage, including the founding of their two…

  Earlier this week, the community hosted members of Region 5 of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious for their fall meeting.  The event drew leaders of women’s religious communities from Louisiana, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama.  Participating in the meeting from Sacred Heart were Sisters Tonette Sperando, Priscilla Cohen, Lynn…

Sister Mary Grace Mecke died peacefully this morning in the monastery infirmary.  Her Sisters had been keeping vigil and she passed tranquilly into the arms of God. A link to her obituary can be found here.

The Sisters welcomed Mother Dolores of Seoul, South Korea to the monastery for several days in September.  Mother Dolores had attended the Communio Internationalis Benedictinarum meeting in Cuernovaca, Mexico and stopped by for a visit in Cullman before returning to South Korea.  The Sisters greatly enjoyed her presence and her…

The monastic community recently hosted the monks of St. Bernard Abbey for dinner.  It was a wonderful evening of visiting and sharing with our monastic brothers from “across the creek.”