There are only two weeks remaining in our Lenten Journey this year before we begin the Triduum (April 14-16). And then, on April 17, we will celebrate the greatest Church belief in the Resurrected Jesus! Signs of spring are all…
We're grateful to celebrate the Feast Day of St. Benedict!
Lent is fast approaching, and we are busy thinking about, “What is my best option for Lent?” Fasting? Abstinence? Good works? All, or a little of each? We realize Lent is a time of reparation and preparation. We are repenting…
We're gratefully celebrating the Feast Day of St. Scholastica today!
Recently I gave a talk to our Benedictine Oblates on the notion of “finding God in the Ordinary.” The most startling insight I gleaned from that experience was the realization of the significance of “ordinary time.” Indeed, we are living…
Several friends made strict New Years resolutions. Some of these friends confessed that they have already failed. And yet, some other friends vowed to begin again, this time with intentionality. There is a little 4”x6” booklet I keep nearby, entitled…
I borrowed the title of this article from Reverend Mary Earle’s book Beginning Again (Benedictine Wisdom for Living with Illness). As we move into a New Year, I thought the title was appropriate. Most of us grew up with the…
We're preparing for our staff Christmas gathering, which takes place at the Monastery on Tuesday, December 14th, 2021!
On November 21, 2021, the Benedictine Sisters of St. Scholastica Monastery in Boerne, Texas elected Sister Bernadine Reyes, OSB as our Prioress. Sister Bernadine, who held the position of Prioress from 2001-2018, succeeds Sister Frances Briseño, OSB who suffered a…
Well, here we are in the month of November. I like to call it the “month of thankfulness and new beginnings.” As I prayed and reflected on this month, many thoughts, feelings and emotions came into my heart. I began to…