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Where do you go for medical or dental care if you’re a homeless or underserved woman in Erie? On Saturday, October 6th, you could go to SHE Matters Women’s event organized by students at LECOM along with the Faith Community Nurses at St. Benedict...
About the Benedictine Sisters of Erie
Corporate Commitment
A corporate commitment is a vision or goal that we agree to promote as a community and as individuals no matter where we are or in how many diverse ministries we might be engaged. The corporate commitment of the Benedictine Sisters of Erie is:
As Benedictine Sisters of Erie we commit ourselves to be a healing presence and prophetic witness for peace by working for sustainability and justice, especially for women and children.Charism Statement
A charism is a particular way in which people respond to God's call. A community’s charism embodies the way the members carry out their mission and ministries. The Benedictine charism is:
The Benedictine way is to seek God in the communal life and to respond in prayer and ministry.Common Life
Community
Life as a Benedictine Sister of Erie is centered in community, following the Rule of St. Benedict under the guidance of the Prioress. We are vowed in the Catholic tradition promising with perpetual vows: stability, fidelity to the monastic way of life and obedience. A commitment to the common good and respect for each other support us in our search for God and nurture the bonds of community.
Prayer and Liturgy
As Benedictine women, prayer is central to our monastic life. The community gathers three times a day for the Liturgy of the Hours, the basis of our communal prayer. The festive marking of Sunday, along with the great feasts and seasons of the liturgical year, includes the celebration of Eucharist as well. Daily lectio divina, occasional reconciliation services, and various annual events complete the community’s liturgical life.
Ongoing Formation
How does one keep fresh and alive the energy and joy of responding to one’s call to monastic life? The community’s commitment to continuing education – to our On-going Formation Program – is one way. This program is implemented through a series of regularly scheduled community meetings. The meetings focus on areas that will aid in our growth and development as human persons and monastic women in church and society.
Ministry
Ministry is an integral part of monastic life. Inspired by the Gospel and the Rule of Benedict we respond to the needs of God’s people. We steward the gifts, talents and skills that have been given to us and extend them through service. Community and non-community ministries alike provide the opportunity for meaningful work that is consistent with our monastic commitment to glorify God in all things.
Community Life
Liturgy from A to Z: October 15, 2018
Every Monday Sister Karen Oprenchok posts an entry on Liturgy from A-Z. In today's post she again addresses Liturgical Environment. Click here to read what she has to say about setting the environment in the...
OSV article: Sisters 'Take back the Site'
Thanks, Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller, for the TAKE BACK THE SITE story in the OSV (Our Sunday Visitor) weekly. Click here to read Sisters ‘Take Back the Site’ –an article which captures...
EMTA and Emmaus
“We appreciate all that Emmaus does for the community and especially for many of our customers,” said Erica Nowak, the Marking Manager at EMTA, “and we want to recognize them with this donation.”
During the Erie Metropolitan Transit...
A glorious time of year, a glorious day
What a day! Sunny, clear, 80+degrees—glorious! The Benedictine Sisters welcomed Sister Veronica Mirage and the eighth grade students from All Saints of St. John Vianney School, Wickliffe...
The Benedictine Sisters of Erie trace their beginnings to the Benedictine nuns at St. Walburg Abbey in Eichstätt, Bavaria, Germany, founded in 1035. Sisters from there first came to St. Marys, PA in 1852 to educate the children of the newly arrived German immigrants.