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Care for the Sisters. Join our Community Health Services team.
Community Health Services (CHS) is a vital part of our community here at the Monastery Immaculate Conception in Ferdinand, and we want you to be a part of it. CHS is currently hiring for full and part time Universal Health Workers. The ideal candidates must have a passion for caring for elderly sisters in a […]
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Keep it clean. Join our Housekeeping team.
If you’re a little obsessed with things being clean, have we got an opportunity for you! The Sisters of St. Benedict are adding to the Housekeeping team at their historic monastery in Ferdinand. Keeping this beautiful monastery clean and tidy involves everything you’d expect — sweeping, mopping, dusting and polishing common areas. At […]
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Cook for the Sisters. Join our Kitchen staff.
The Sisters of St. Benedict are looking for applicants to join their Kitchen Staff. Work in a fully-equipped kitchen at the gorgeous monastery in Ferdinand and get great benefits as a full-time employee. Medical insurance. Dental. Vision. Short term and long term disability. You even start earning paid time off right away. The ideal person […]
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In Memoriam: Sister Mary Austin Blank
Sister Mary Austin Blank of Monastery Immaculate Conception in Ferdinand, IN, died at 3:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 30, 2023, at Scenic Hills at the monastery in Ferdinand. Sister Mary Austin was born Donna Catherine Blank on July 16, 1939, in Cincinnati, OH, the oldest of two children of August and Lavina (Jaent) Blank. She entered the […]
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Stop by Monastery Baked Goods’ booth at the Indiana Artisan Marketplace on April 1-2.
Stop by Monastery Baked Goods’ booth at the Indiana Artisan Marketplace on April 1-2.
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Read the “Seek. Pray. Share.” spring issue online.
The Spring 2023 issue of Seek. Pray. Share. is now available to read online. You’ll learn about the caring heart of our own Sister Lisa Schutz; about the good work of Dove House; about Oblates and retreats; about who is entering religious life in 2023 and so much more. Want to enjoy a lifetime financial benefits, and […]
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In Memoriam: Sister Mary Carmen Spayd
Sister Mary Carmen Spayd of Monastery Immaculate Conception in Ferdinand, Indiana, died at 9:45 p.m. on Sunday, February 26, 2023, at the monastery. Sister Mary Carmen was born Cyrilla Luella Spayd on August 16, 1925, in Mariah Hill, Indiana, the fourth of five children of William and Theresa (Brenner) Spayd. She entered the Sisters of […]
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Join us for a Virtual Book Study starting February 28.
Starts February 28 and continues on the 4th Tuesday of each month at 4:00 p.m. (ET) Join us for a virtual book study as we read and discuss What Are You Looking For? Seeking the God Who Is Seeking You, by Sister Joan Chittister, OSB. The book study will led by Sister Jill Marie Reuber, […]
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In Memoriam: Sister Mary Emma Jochum
Sister Mary Emma Jochum of Monastery Immaculate Conception in Ferdinand, IN, died at 9:15 p.m. on Monday, February 13, 2023, at Memorial Hospital in Jasper. She was born Henrietta Jochum on July 13, 1940 in Huntingburg, IN, the oldest of thirteen children of Otto Sr. and Emma (Brinkman) Jochum. She entered the Sisters of St. Benedict of […]
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In Memoriam: Sister Mary Victor Kercher
Sister Mary Victor Kercher of Monastery Immaculate Conception in Ferdinand, Indiana, died at 9:35 p.m. on Friday, January 20, 2023, at the monastery. She was born Loretta Emma Kercher on March 13, 1926 in Evansville, Indiana, the sixth of ten children of John and Catherine (Beckerle) Kercher. She entered the Sisters of St. Benedict of […]
