Author: Sr. Jeana Visel, OSB
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Monastery Spotlight: Abbey of St. Walburga, Virginia Dale, Colorado
I recently had the opportunity to spend a week of retreat with the Benedictine nuns at the Abbey of St. Walburga in the beautiful rocky hills of northern Colorado. What a treat! I commend this community for your interest and support. Founded in 1935 from the historic Abbey of St. Walburga in Eichstatt, Germany, the…
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The Gift of Benedictine Monastic Values for Catholic Culture at Large
While the monastic context provides a rich space to practice these values, they really are Christian values that can be lived in a broader arena.
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Gregorian Chant Workshops at Saint Meinrad
Workshop participants will have the opportunity to sing along with the Benedictine monastic community in the beautiful Church of Our Lady of Einsiedeln.
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To elect a prioress.
It’s a model that could work well elsewhere in the Church. So how does this process work?
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Brief Book Review: A Critical Study of the Rule of Benedict
Vol. 3: Liturgy, Sleeping Arrangements, and the Penal Code.
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Is a shared ecclesiology across the generations possible?
How can we be the Church together?
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Un-hiding Our Would-Be Black Catholic Sisters
These women have been committed to oblivion by not being allowed to exist in the community record at all.
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Evangelizing Monasticism
Evangelization is the lens by which we are called to do aggiornamento today
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Founding a Benedictine monastery near Nairobi
As mentioned in my last post, early October found me in Nairobi for a second time in three years, teaching monastic art as part of an educational program for cloistered nuns from all over Kenya and about five other African countries. During this time, Sr. Lucy Njeri invited me to visit Our Lady Queen of…