The 2024 Haehn Museum at St. Benedict’s Monastery in St. Joseph, MN, is welcoming visitors to its exhibit. This year, we are featuring the works of four of our nature photographers: Sisters Carleen Schomer, Karen Streveler, Linda Dusek, and Nancy Bauer. For many years, the beauty of the earth has motivated our sister photographers to use hours of patience and skill to capture the glory of God’s creation bursting gloriously all around us. The major message of Pope Francis’ Laudato Si also motivates the pictorial message of our artists, and quotes from that work and psalms accompany the photographs in the exhibit. It is arranged as a self-tour, so come and linger with us.
“Each creature reflects something of God.”
Laudato Si
Karen Streveler, OSB
“Nature is filled with words of love.”
Laudato Si
Linda Dusek, OSB
“The Lord rejoices in all his works.”
Psalm 24
Nancy Bauer, OSB
“Nature is God’s visible garment.”
Laudato Si
Carleen Schomer, OSB
All-powerful God, you are present in the whole universe and in the smallest of your creatures. You embrace with your tenderness all that exists. Pour out upon us, the power of your love that we may protect life and beauty. Fill us with your peace, that we may live as brothers and sisters, harming no one.
Pope Francis
Monastic Congregation of St. Benedict 