
Celebrating The Feast Day of St. Scholastica
We’re gratefully celebrating the Feast Day of St. Scholastica today!

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 it liturgically at this very moment, and I did not even notice. Ordinary time refers…

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 “Always We Begin Again” which keeps me on an even keel. I refer to it…

This is a young male painted bunting.

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 tradition of making New Year’s resolutions. Most of us discovered that we could not carry…
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 stroke in March 2021. For the past two years, Sister Bernadine has served as Director…

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 look at what was happening in the liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church: – November…

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 look at what was happening in the liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church: – November…