Only Sisters and employees allowed in monastery and chapel
In an abundance of precaution and to prevent the transmission of the coronavirus, we have decided to restrict access to St. Scholastica Monastery and Our Lady Queen of Peace Chapel. A majority of Sisters are over 80, our corridors connect with the Benedictine Living Community next door, and Benet Hall within the monastery is a […]
Passover begins at sundown
To our Jewish friends, ChagPesach kasher vesame’ach, or "May you have a kosher and joyous Passover." The eight-day festival of Passover is celebrated in the early spring, from the 15th through the 22nd of the Hebrew month of Nissan. Passover (Pesach) commemorates the emancipation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt. Pesach is observed […]
Lazarus
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Only Sisters and employees allowed in monastery and chapel
In an abundance of precaution and to prevent the transmission of the coronavirus, we have decided to restrict access to St. Scholastica Monastery and Our Lady Queen of Peace Chapel. A majority of Sisters are over 80, our corridors connect with the Benedictine Living Community next door, and Benet Hall within the monastery is a […]
Saint Catharine of Bologna
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Day of Contemplation
On the last Sunday of each month, the Sisters spend the day in silence, except for communal prayer and Eucharist. Silence allows the Holy Spirit to touch a wounded heart and heal it. In silence we hear the voice of God speaking in our hearts. “One of the greatest attacks of the enemy is to […]
Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday is the final Sunday of Lent, the beginning of Holy Week, and commemorates the triumphant arrival of Christ in Jerusalem, days before he was crucified. On Palm Sunday, the faithful receive palm fronds which they use to participate in the reenactment of Christ's arrival in Jerusalem. In the Gospels, Jesus entered Jerusalem riding […]
Saint Ludovico of Casoria
For more information go to https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-ludovico-of-casoria/ Saint of the Day is used with permission from Franciscan Media (www.FranciscanMedia.org).
Only Sisters and employees allowed in monastery and chapel
In an abundance of precaution and to prevent the transmission of the coronavirus, we have decided to restrict access to St. Scholastica Monastery and Our Lady Queen of Peace Chapel. A majority of Sisters are over 80, our corridors connect with the Benedictine Living Community next door, and Benet Hall within the monastery is a […]