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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
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In Memoriam: Sister Mary George Kissel
Sister Mary George Kissel of Monastery Immaculate Conception in Ferdinand, Indiana, died at 8:00 a.m. on Sunday, January 21, 2024, at Scenic Hills at the Monastery in Ferdinand. Sister Mary George was born Mary Barbara Kissel on September 18, 1923, in Evansville, Indiana, the second of seven children of George J. and Leona Barbara (Scheller)
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In Memoriam: Sister Elnora Shidler
Sister Elnora Shidler of Monastery Immaculate Conception in Ferdinand, Indiana, died at 1:14 p.m. on Tuesday, November 21, 2023, at Scenic Hills at the Monastery in Ferdinand. Sister Elnora was born Elnora Mary Shidler on June 11, 1929, in Orlando, FL, the youngest of eight children of Earl Edgar and Ursula (Gettelfinger) Shidler. She entered
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Sisters of St. Benedict to partner with Family Scholar House in Sellersburg.
The Sisters of St. Benedict in Ferdinand, Indiana are partnering with Family Scholar House on their newest campus to be located near Ivy Tech Community College in Sellersburg, Indiana. A groundbreaking ceremony is on Thursday, November 30 at 10:00 a.m. EDT at Ivy Tech Community College, 8204 County Road 311 in Sellersburg. The Sellersburg location