Saint Placid Priory welcomes two women into the novitiate
55 and Under Gathering
Sisters from six monasteries of the Federation of St. Benedict gathered with other Benedictines at Our Lady of Grace Monastery in Beech Grove, Indiana.
Annunciation Monastery celebrates 75th Anniversary
Annunciation Monastery was established as an independent monastic community in the Diocese of Bismarck on March 24, 1947 by papal decree. 140 sisters had volunteered as founding members in 1944.
To celebrate the 75th anniversary, our community hosted a Vespers Service on March 24, 2022 in Our Lady of the Annunciation Chapel at the University of Mary, our former monastery building. A social followed. Sister Kerry O’Reilly, President of the Federation of St. Benedict, was present.
Monastic Profession at St. Scholastica Monastery
Sister Jayne Erickson (center) made her first monastic profession at Saint Scholastica Monastery in Duluth, Minnesota on September 17th.
Celebration at St. Placid Priory
On October 17th at evening praise, Paz Vital and Sonja Weber entered the postulancy at Saint Placid Priory. The community celebrated afterwards.
Happy Catholic Sisters Week!
Benedictine Values and Modern Monasticism
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Profession at Saint Placid Priory on the Feast of Saint Scholastica
Sister Laura Swan writes, “On the Feast of St Scholastica, at Evening Praise, Sister Raphaela Cady made her Perpetual Monastic Profession. Family, friends, and Oblates joined via Zoom. We then celebrated afterward.”
On Servant Leadership
Judith Valente, Benedictine oblate, author and journalist, published an article on Sister Thomas Welder’s life and legacy of servant leadership. Sister Thomas, who passed away June 22, 2020 from kidney cancer, was a member of Annunciation Monastery for nearly 60 years.
Profession at Saint Placid Priory
Sister Laura Swan, OSB, writes: “September 8th, Sister Julian Cleary made her Perpetual Monastic Profession. Due to COVID-19, her ritual was ‘live streamed’ to her family and some Oblates. Their images ‘hung’ on our chapel wall, almost like having them with us. A proper celebration (lots of laughter) followed.”
From the Diary of Saint Placid Priory
Sister Jose and Sister Josue and Mother Richarda at Saint Placid Priory
Sisters Anelda, Loraine, Ronayne, and Jacinta
at the Formosa (Taiwan) orphanage
Forty babies arrive at the Formosa orphanage
The orphanage in Formosa
The Federation of Saint Benedict 