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The Stillpoint Contemplative Sitting Day is silent and includes eight sitting sessions with chanting, contemplative walking and teachings.
Benedictine Spirituality for Everyone
At the Monastery
Online Retreats and Programs
Gift of Years with Joan Chittister
October 1, 2018 to October 26, 2018
Gift of Years, a four-week eCourse based on Joan Chittister’s best-selling book by the same name, offers you the chance to look at this time of maturation with fresh eyes, with joy for what has been and optimism for what is to come.
Links to other sites
Federation of St. Scholastica
Federation of St. Benedict
Federation of St. Gertrude
The Order of St. Benedict
OSB International
Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance
The Thomas Merton Center
The Thomas Merton Center: Pittsburgh
Abbey of Gethsemani: Thomas Merton
The Merton Institute for Contemplative Living
Communio Internationalis Bendictinarum
Alliance for International Monasticism USA
Alliance for International Monasticism
Monastic Interreligious Dialogue
The Catholic Worker
National Catholic Reporter
Contemplative Outreach
Brother David Steindl-Rast: Gratefulness
World Community for Christian Meditation
John Main Center
The Golden String: Bede Griffiths
Podcasts from Sister Carolyn
Commitment vs. Reputation
Your reputation doesn't fall out of the sky...it takes commitment to build a good one.
Pray with Us
September 23
Psalm 93
O God, you are robed in beauty
and clothed with great strength.
All glory and splendor
cannot equal your presence.
The world you made firm,
never to be shaken;
your rule stands firm from of old,
for you are the Eternal One.
Daily Rule of Benedict
Obedience
Chapter 5
This very obedience, however, will be acceptable to God and agreeable to people only if compliance with what is commanded is not cringing or sluggish or half-hearted, but free from any grumbling or any reaction of unwillingness.
For the serious seeker
Monastic Experience Program
Explore your life questions by living with our monastic community for 6-12 months. In the Benedicta Riepp Monastic Experience Program you will immerse yourself in a daily rhythm of • prayer • work • outreach to the marginalized • communal life • hospitality • peace and nonviolence.
Become a Benedictine
The face of permanent members of monastic communities has changed over the centuries. In our time many people seeking permanent membership are professional women who long for a life that follows the Gospel of Jesus. They come from varied backgrounds and share the common desire to seek God and change the world.
Monasteries of the Heart
Monasteries of the Heart is a new form of Benedictine life for our time. It is a monastic movement for lay people designed to respond to the great hunger and thirst for spirituality that exists in today’s world.
Oblate Way of Life
If you desire to
— deepen your relationship with God, with others and with yourself
— ground your spirituality in values based on simplicity, respect, hospitality, and reverence for all life
— enter into a distinct relationship with others and want to be sustained by others on a similar spiritual path
Consider the Oblate Way of Life
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Spiritual Directors
Spiritual Direction, sometimes referred to as spiritual guidance or spiritual friendship, is an on-going relationship in which a person, desiring to be attentive to his or her spiritual life, meets with the spiritual director on a regular basis to become more attuned to God's presence and to respond more fully to that presence. Suggested offering is $30/session.
Sister Rosanne Loneck
Sister Rosanne Loneck is a certified Mid-Life/Long-Life Directions consultant, spiritual director.
Sister Rose Ann Kolbas
Sister Rose Ann Kolbas received her training and certification in spiritual direction from Shalem Institute in Washington, DC.
Sister Marian Wehler
Sister Marian Wehler completed the Spiritual Guidance Program offered by Shalem Institute in 2011.
Retreat Leaders
Do you need a retreat or workshop leader? Contact one of these sisters.
Sister Anne McCarthy
MOH and Benetvision staff member, Sister Anne McCarthy holds a MA in Theology from St. John’s University, Collegeville in monastic studies and completed Shalem Institute’s program, “Leading Contemplative Prayer Groups and Retreats.”
Sister Mary Ellen Plumb
Sister Mary Ellen Plumb has spent her professional life in secondary education as a Social Studies teacher, Director of Campus Ministry, Director of Discipline and Counselor. In these roles, she spends a good part of her time facilitating the spiritual and communal development of young people on high school and college levels.
Sister Marian Wehler
Sister Marian Wehler, OSB, is co-director of Catholic Rural Ministry in the Oil City, PA, deanery of the diocese of Erie where she offers retreat and reflection days for parishes, youth groups, prisoners and an outreach program to the poor.
Sister Elizabeth Oettel
Sister Elizabeth Oettel, Associate Director of Religious Education for the Diocese of Erie (Eastern Vicariate), is responsible for the education, training and spiritual enrichment of parish religious education leaders and catechists.