Al-Hijra, the Muslim New Years Day, begins at sundown

Al-Hijra, the first day of the month of Muharram, marks the beginning of the Islamic New Year. Muhammed’s popularity was seen as threatening by the people in power in Mecca, and so Muhammad took his followers on a journey from Mecca to Medina in 622. This journey is called the Hijrah (migration) and the event […]

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 Bernard Of Clairvaux

https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-bernard-of-clairvaux/ 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 […]

Saint Pius X

https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-pius-x/ 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 […]

“Before all, and above all, attention shall be paid to the care of the sick, so that they shall be served as if they were Christ Himself.”
–St. Benedict of Nursia, The Rule of Saint Benedict