Our Mission
We, the Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, Minn., are a monastic community of women who seek God in our daily lives according to the Gospel and the Rule of Benedict. Through our ministry of prayer, work and community living, we listen and respond to the needs of the Church and the world.
Prayer Requests
As a Benedictine monastic community, a significant part of our mission is prayer. Is there someone or something you would like us to pray for? You’re invited to share your special intentions with us. You will be remembered during our daily prayer of Liturgy of the Hours, and your request will be shared on a community bulletin board seen by the sisters every day.
It is our privilege to pray for you. God bless you!
Daily Meditation for March 18, 2024
/in Daily Meditations/by Amanda HackettSimplicity, beauty and endurance. St. Benedict ingeniously weaves these qualities throughout his Rule. Benedict recognizes them as essential means to living a life in God—a rich, full, human life. They are aids to living life with meaning and focus. Their presence in our lives helps bring us to the hidden places of our hearts. Much in our world today threatens to highjack simplicity, beauty and endurance. In place of these, our lives get filled with superficial complexities, knick-knack-art, and dizzying rates of change. St. Benedict teaches that a Benedictine house should always be an oasis where people come and drink water that refreshes, renews and restores life. It is ours now, to bring living water to our sad and broken world. Oh, how much it needs hope and healing. What is it we bring? It is Christ, whose love is simple, beautiful and endures for all time.
By Christian Morris, OSB