Community News

On Sunday, October 9, six Benedictine Sisters traveled to St. Michael’s Catholic Church in St. Florian, AL, for the parish’s Sesquicentennial Celebration Mass. Our community has a long and treasured friendship with this community and it was wonderful to celebrate with them. (l-r) Sisters Karen Ann,…

The sisters joyously welcomed the Oblate community to the Retreat Center this past weekend for their first in-person annual retreat since the beginning of the pandemic. Sisters Elisabeth, Lynn Marie, and Therese led the program part of the weekend while Sister Priscilla, Oblate Director, coordinated the gathering. Both oblates and…

(l to r) Sisters Therese, Elisabeth, and Lynn Marie at RCRI Sr. Elisabeth Meadows (Prioress), Sr. Therese Haydel (Treasurer), and Sr. Lynn Marie McKenzie (President, Monastic Congregation of St. Scholastica) traveled to Dallas, TX, this past week to attend the annual conference of the Resource Center…

Sister Lynn (r) visits with an abbess from Germany Sister Lynn Marie McKenzie, OSB, was recently re-elected to serve a second four-year term as Moderator of the Communio Internationalis Benedictinarum (CIB), an international representative body of Benedictine women.  She was re-elected earlier this month during the…

The monastic community joyously celebrated the Golden Jubilee of Sister Madeline Contorno, OSB, on Saturday, July 16. The chapel pews were filled with friends and family who joined the monastic community for the celebration. In this photo, Sister Madeline reads her renewal of her Monastic Profession before the gathered assembly….

The monastic community mourns the passing of Sister Margaret Siffert, OSB, on July 14, 2022, following an illness. Sisters and family members kept vigil at her bedside during her final days, days which were filled with expressions of faith, love, and of trust in God. Her monastic family and her…

After Sister Benita (l) and Sister Mary (r) signed their vow renewal document, Sister Elisabeth, Prioress, signed as witness. On Friday, June 10, Sister Benita Peters, OSB, and Sister Mary McGehee, OSB, celebrated their 60th Jubilee of Monastic Profession. During the ceremony, which took place during…

Fr. Mauritius speaks to the community following a festive meal that concluded the retreat. The monastic community concluded its annual retreat on Thursday evening. This year’s retreat director was Fr. Maruitius Wilde, OSB. Fr. Mauritius, a German Benedictine monk, presently serves as Prior and Rector of…

On Sunday, April 24, during II Vespers of the Octave Sunday of Easter, Sister Margaret Siffert, OSB, made her Perpetual Monastic Profession. Joining the monastic community for the occasion were Oblates of Sacred Heart Monastery, Abbot Marcus and Monks of St. Bernard Abbey, and friends of the monastic community. Family…

Sister Edith Bogue, OSB, of St. Scholastica Monastery in Duluth, MN, was received into the Transfer Program of Sacred Heart Monastery during Vespers on Saturday, September 25.  The Transfer Program is a structured process by which a Sister makes a transfer from one Religious community to another.  In entering the…