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Check out our fall 2024 issue of “Seek. Pray. Share.”
In a world that can seem to abound in bad news, there’s so much good going on in the pages of our latest edition of Seek Pray Share. You’ll see how our wonderful Women of the Rule Philanthropy Circle raised a record amount this year, then worked together to decide on projects to fund. You’ll
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Caring for All of God’s Creation: They Will Know We are Christians By Our Love
Article from Laudato Si’ Movement As Hurricane Helene battered the southeast United States, and Hurricane Milton comes barreling towards us, creation is “groaning in travail” through storms, hurricanes, wildfires, heat waves, floods, and droughts across our nation and our world. Catholics across the nation are responding to this worsening climate crisis with love and hope during
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Congratulations to our Dome Golf Classic 2024 Raffle Winners.
Each year, we hold a Mega Raffle in conjunction with our annual Dome Golf Classic fundraiser. This year’s event took place on September 30 at The Evansville Country Club in Evansville, Indiana. Our sisters work with thousands in education, parish ministry, healthcare, retreat and spirituality work, counseling, and more. The raffle proceeds directly support their
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Rising from the razing: Sr. Jane Michele and St. Theresa Place
Article from Global Sisters Report When the beloved St. Theresa’s Catholic Church in Evansville, Indiana, was torn down, Sr. Jane Michele McClure and her team at Habitat for Humanity had a vision. What if that empty lot, home for decades to a thriving parish community, could become a site for new Habitat homes, and the
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Browse and order from the Monastery Gift Shop 2025 Catalog.
The Monastery Gift Shop is excited to announce the release of its 2025 Catalog, featuring the Sisters’ classic baked goods along with some brand new treats for you to indulge on. Just in time for fall, delicious Pumpkin Starlets are joining the Starlets lineup and Chocolate Starlets will soon be included beginning in 2025. You
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Global Sisters Report’s Q&A with Sr. Jeana Visel
Article from Global Sisters Report Sr. Jeana Visel literally wrote the book on iconography. Her book, Icons in the Western Church: Toward a More Sacramental Encounter, speaks to a growing interest in icons in the Western church, and how Roman Catholics after Vatican II can find them both spiritually helpful and challenging. “When you’re painting
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Catch up with the Sisters in our summer 2024 issue of “Seek. Pray. Share.”
In the Seek. Pray. Share. summer 2024 issue, you’ll meet Sister Magna Lucia Castillo, who serves as Superior of the Benedictine community of Morropón, Piura, Peru, a dependent monastery established by the Sisters of St. Benedict in Ferdinand. You’ll also meet a real live angel! Lisa Koester — niece of the late Sister Mary Victor
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In Memoriam: Sister Mary Oliver Reising
Sister Mary Oliver Reising of Monastery Immaculate Conception in Ferdinand, Indiana, died at 8:11 p.m. on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, at Scenic Hills at the Monastery in Ferdinand. Sister Mary Oliver was born Jo Mary Reising on December 18, 1928, in Evansville, IN, the youngest of four children of Oliver George and Mary Leoma Barbara
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“Seek. Pray. Share.” Spring 2024 digital version is now online.
In the Seek. Pray. Share. spring 2024 issue, read about the Sisters newest partnership with Family Scholar House as they broke ground for the campus that’s being built near Ivy Tech Community College in Sellersburg, Indiana, to support single mothers while they pursue degrees and raise families. You’ll also read about both Sister Dorothy Graf’s
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Aaron Boaz and the Academy Chamber Orchestra March 3 concert.
On Sunday, March 3, 2024, the Sisters of St. Benedict hosted a concert directed by Aaron Boaz, featuring the Academy Chamber Orchestra, Bell Choir and Church Choir at Monastery Immaculate Conception in Ferdinand, Indiana. The Academy Chamber Orchestra is based out of Floyds Knobs, Indiana, and its director Aaron Boaz began violin study at age