The month of February is filled with many important dates. We celebrate St. Scholastica’s feast day on the 10th, Valentines Day on the 14th, Presidents’ Day on the 15th, Ash Wednesday on the 17th followed by the beginning of Lent.…
Sister Ursula Herrera, OSB and her work within our Caridad de Corazón border ministry were included in a recent Global Sisters Report - a project of the National Catholic Reporter. You can read the article titled "Despite pandemic, sisters bring…
We have received our first COVID-19 vaccinations and we are so grateful! Sister Frances Briseno, OSB, Prioress and all of the Sisters
Sister Frances Briseño, OSB Prioress The Benedictine Sisters wish you a healthy, hopeful, and holy New Year! Deuteronomy 28:3-9 invites us to reflect on the blessings that are ours as we walk faithfully with our God. The God who loves…
Reflection by Sister Michael Brandt, OSB January, the first month of the 21st year of the 21st century! And what richness and inspiration it provides us in terms of our celebrations of the Church Year – Mary Mother of God,…
The Benedictine Sisters want to wish all our family, friends, benefactors, and Oblates a blessed and joyous Christmas and a happy and hopeful New Year. As we celebrate Christmas this year, we find ourselves in a very different space. 2020…
Our spiritual wombs full, our hearts expanding with love as we birth something new! Fourth Sunday of Advent December 20, 2020 Samuel 7:1,8b-12,14a,16; Romans 16:25-27; Luke 1:26-38 In the Gospel this Sunday, we see the radical transformation which occurred that…
Third Sunday of Advent December 13, 2020 Gaudete Sunday Isaiah 61:1-2a, 10-11; 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24; John 1:6-8, 19-28 From the entrance antiphon, “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice”, to the opening prayer, to the readings, to the…
Second Sunday of Advent December 6, 2020 Isaiah 40:1-5,9-11; 2 Peter 3:8-14; Mark 1:1-8 As I read Isaiah, “Comfort, give comfort to my people. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem. A voice cries out: prepare the way of the Lord! Make straight…
