Benedictine None’s Ball 2026
It’s time for our 24th ANNUAL NONE’S BALL – A NO-SHOW EVENT. Please consider a gift for the Sisters’ Retirement needs. THANK YOU! Click here to donate!
Benedictine None’s Ball 2026
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Holy Wednesday
April 1 – Wednesday of Holy Week Readings: Isaiah 50:4-9a, Psalm 69:8-10, 21-22, 31 and 33-34, Matthew 26:14-25 Reflection: In today’s readings, everyone seems to be putting on brave faces. Isaiah sets his face “like flint” before an insulting and humiliating crowd. Jesus sits calmly at table with Judas and doesn’t rat him out for
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Third Sunday of Lent
March 8 – Third Sunday of Lent Readings: Exodus 17:3-7, Psalm 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9, Romans 5:1-2, 5-8, John 4:5-42 Invitation to Prayer: “If you knew the gift of God!” The wonder of prayer is revealed beside the well where we come seeking water: there, Christ comes to meet every human being. It is he who
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Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep by Mary Elizabeth Frye
Do not stand at my grave and weep: I am not there; I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow, I am the diamond glints on snow, I am the sun on ripened grain, I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in the morning’s hush I am the swift uplifting
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In Memoriam, [Ring out, wild bells] Alfred, Lord Tennyson 1809-1892
Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light: The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let it die. Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let it go; Ring out the false,
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Benedictine Voice Winter 2025 Newsletter
“The Call of Benedict in These Times” It amazes me that at the time Benedict wrote his Rule, society was still in disarray from the fall of the Roman Empire, and yet, we do not get a glimpse of that reality in the Rule which he wrote. He did not write for the masses but
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The First Sunday of Advent by Fr. Michael Brungardt
Of all of the seasons we celebrate in the Church, Advent is by far my favorite. Christmas is coming! And it’s just pure expectation, pure anticipation. But Advent is a tricky thing. Why? Because Advent is not a time to let us get ready to celebrate Christmas. (“You are such a Scrooge, Father.” I know
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A Member of the Human Community by Sr. Joan Chittister, OSB
Prayer does not make us less aware of the circumstances of life. It makes us even more aware than we ever were before. Why? Because now we see the world as God sees the world. We hear the cry of the poor as God hears the cry of the poor. We are less wrapped up
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A Wise Elder • A Jalopy by Sr. Mary Reuter, OSB
A friend, as senior citizen, cited from a list of strategies to keep her well and functioning: compression socks, hearing aids, daily meds for various maladies, frequent dental procedures, X-rays and other tests, frequent weight checks, help to climb stairs. She went on to say she often felt like an old car—partly in humor, partly
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Open the Door – from the book By Lamplight by Sr. Genevieve Glen, OSB
Come, let us walk in the light of the Lord. —Isaiah 2:5 When I wake up in the early morning dark, the door of my room is outlined faintly in light from the hall. Out there are morning coffee, notes about the day on the white board on the way to the coffee pot, information