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Just Another Boring Day in the Monastery…
Sr. Virginia Mary (l.) and Sr. Mary Peter (r.) expressamazement at what tomorrow will bring. One of the most popular questions asked by first-time visitors to our monastery is “What do you do all day?”...
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"BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD!"
Close-up of the Lamb of God medallion on our altar.One of the events listed on our erase board yesterday was the placement of the Lamb of God medallion (sculpted in marble by Sr. Mary Grace, O.P., of...
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Sr. Mary Peter of Jesus Crucified, OP
On Palm Sunday, April 1, 2012, the Divine Bridegroom called our Sr. Mary Peter of Jesus Crucified, OP to Himself. Sr. Mary Peter was surrounded by her community and by sisters at the St. Catherine of...
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The Women at the Tomb
Sr. Mary Peter’s great-niece, Cara, and her great-great nieces, Ivy and Charley, and great-great nephew Klein. Although little ones, their great, great Aunt made a deep impression on them. It was...
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Christ my hope has risen!
A very joyous and blessed Paschaltide to all our family and friends! Here at the monastery it has been an unusual week! On Palm Sunday as we were ending the somber liturgy of Palm Sunday we received a...
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Free for GOD ALONE!
A good friend did a “word cloud” of our website and this is what came up! Isn’t it neat? One sister wryly remarked that it reminds her of notecards from the ’70’s! What’s old is new again!
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Moving Moments!
“Real” moving is absolutely easier than blog moving…not that as cloistered nuns we do much moving. The most we do it to move to a new cell and you’d be amazed at how much one can collect! We’re still...
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Nurturing New Preachers
This week we had a double joy of Easter for with us for a few days of rest and retreat were two of our deacon-brothers: Augustine Marie Reisenauer, O.P.(L), and Bernard Marie Timothy, O.P. (R). For a...
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New Features to our website
If you are a regular reader to our blog you might be going just to the blog page and not stopping by the homepage. You might like to check out our new look! We’ve changed our color scheme (the other...
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Rosary Sunday Don’t forget to come to ROSARY SUNDAY! WHEN: Sunday, May 6, 2012 TIME: 3:00 PM PREACHER: Our own, Fr. Gregory Salomone, OP. We are nourished daily by his beautiful homilies. We are sure...
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Congratulations, Sr. Mary Cecilia of the Annunciation, OP!
Congratulations to our Sr. Mary Cecilia of the Annunciation, OP who made First Profession this morning. Here are a few photos. Stay tuned for more!
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Dominicans…and Soap! One of our Dominican Brothers sent us a postcard with the following words of wisdom he had culled from reading the treatise of Humbert of Romans (3rd Master of the Order) on...
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Springtime!
Aspirant Weronika, Sr. Mary Veronica, Sr. Mary Magdalene, Sr. Maria Teresa and Sr. Mary Cecilia enjoy our new tree! This spring Sr. Denise Marie has been on a plan of “tree restoration” to replace the...
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One Day Until the YARD & BAKE SALE
Today our wonderful Rosary Shrine volunteers began setting up for the Yard Sale on Saturday! Wow! There are so many wonderful things donated and our wonderful volunteers worked non-stop all day!...
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On This Day 25 Years Ago!
Today, June 14, 1987, the senior class of St. Benedict Preparatory High School graduated. In itself this isn’t unusual. Senior classes usually graduate and graduations sometimes happen in June! What is...
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It’s a beautiful day in the monastery!
Sister Mary Veronica and Sr. Maria Teresa painting the Seignadou Soap Department. A Sister heads to Little Bethany Hermitage for her retreat day. Sabina enjoys the beautiful weather, laying in the...
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A visit from our brother, Bishop Christopher Cardone, OP
This afternoon we had the joy of welcoming our brother, Bishop Christopher Cardone, OP, bishop of the Diocese of Auki, Solomon Islands. Bishop Chris, as we fondly call him, is a native of Long Island,...
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Well, it’s that time again! Our annual community retreat! From June 21-29th will be our nun version of a vacation! Please pray for us and for Fr. John Paul Walker, OP who will be preaching retreat! The...
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VOICE LESSONS – in the Desert: Birth of St. John the Baptist
I share these reflections for the Birth of John the Baptist from a monastery of contemplative Dominican nuns in Spain – just one of the many monasteries of our nuns around the world that my present...
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Monastery phones not working!
This afternoon our phones suddenly stopped working! Not that we mind during retreat! We don’t know what is going on and when it will be fixed. Monastery door is working, though.
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Seignadou Soap Department…we’re moving in!
Friday was the big day! We began moving into our newly renovated St. Margaret of Hungary soap Department. (If you are wondering why we choose St. Margaret of Hungary let’s just say that now that she is...
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The Dominicans are at it again!
What are we up to now? Well, really, nothing we haven’t been doing…praying! But this time Dominicans all over the world received the invitation we have been waiting for: to pray for the success of the...
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Joys of Summer
Sr. Mary Magdalene, Sr. Mary Veronica and our aspirant, Aisling, search out the choicest plums! We are all enjoying the welcome relief from the heat wave! The garden loved it, and with the day of a...
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Celebrating the Professed Sisters Feast Day!
As our long-time readers know, every year the novitiate sisters cook up a special day of celebration for the Professed Sisters. By tradition this is the feast of St. Mary Magdalene, the great apostle...
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Another Year of Wisdom
It’s hard to believe that another year has passed since our theology students were in Lufkin yet here they are getting ready to head out to the airport for their two-week stay at the Monastery of the...
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New Liturgical Musicians!
Beyond formation classes, another type of learning (no less vital) enjoys a privileged place in the novitiate, what we might term “on-the-job training.” The novitiate sisters learn (or improve upon)...
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