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Earth Day and Benedictine Stewardship

by admin on April 26, 2012

Earth Day is celebrated every April and reminds us to be aware and appreciative of our earth’s natural environment and what we can do to protect Mother Earth.  This day reminds me of stewardship which has been a Benedictine value for over 1500 years. . . .

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Finding Our Roots

by admin on April 17, 2012

There has been a great upsurge for reviewing past events and people in our family histories today.  TV shows have capitalized on this fact through various offerings, especially one headed by Louis Gates who assists famous, and not so famous people find their roots.  Considering the length of time the program has been running, it must be a popular . . .

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“. . . by God’s providence (for the Lord does not overlook those who place their hope in him), the friend came . . . he picked [Antony] up and carried him to the Lord’s house in the village . . . . And many of his relatives and the people of the village . . .”

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Sisters’ Trees

by admin on October 24, 2011

On October 20, 2011, Sisters and friends gathered in the Monastery Garden Court for a ceremony to bless two newly planted Honeycrisp apple trees. These trees were donated to the Monastery by . . .

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 Once upon a time I used to work in a gym.  Maintaining the equipment and keeping the bathrooms clean was the less glamorous side of the job.  The owner-manager of the gym was a perfectionist when it came to . . .

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Sister Donna Schroeder – Stewardship

by admin on August 19, 2011

One thing that I noticed when I was at the Monastic Institute sponsored by St. John’s School of  Theology at Collegeville, MN, was that they had changed the fountain in front of the Student Center into another kind of water feature . . .

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