Can I Visit Your Monastery?
Yes! Guests are very welcome at our monastery. We invite you to pray with us; to volunteer among us; to spend a weekend discerning your future.
Pray with Us
Lent and Advent Saturday Evening Prayer Vigil
7:00 PM Evening Prayer during Advent and Lent includes short talks given by Sisters or Oblates of the Erie Benedictine Community. Saturday Evening Vigil Prayer during Advent and Lent helps us prepare for the Sunday Gospel.
Sunday Eucharistic Liturgy
9:30 AM
Daily Prayer Schedule
Sunday and Saturday
Morning Prayer 8:30 AM
Evening Prayer 5:30 PM
Monday through Friday
Morning Prayer 6:30 AM
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
Evening Prayer 5:30 PM
Tuesday and Thursday
Evening Prayer 7:00 PM
Volunteer
Spend a week volunteering in ministries of the Benedictine Sisters in the city of Erie, working in the monastery or helping tend the monastery grounds. Live with the monastery community of Sisters, participating in prayer and meals with the Sisters. This volunteer week is designed for women ages 18 through 25. It is held the second full week of May each year, Monday through Sunday.
2010
May 10 through 16
Discern
Come to a discernment weekend with the Benedictine Sisters of Erie designed to assist single Catholic women ages 25 to 45 who are seeking guidance. You experience Benedictine life among us. Thoughts are shared formally in discussion and informally during meals, work and leisure with the Sisters. You have time to absorb, reflect and pray as well as join our community during our prayer, Liturgy of the Hours.
2010
January 7-8-9
June 24-25-26
September 24-25-26
Come and See
Come and see what life is like as an Erie Benedictine Sister. Share with other women interested in mosastic life; experience a weekend of prayer, community, and work. Weekends open to single Catholic women ages 25 - 40.
2010
January 8-9-10
June 25-26-27
Contact the Vocations Minister