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The Alliance for International Monasticism, US Secretariat, located in Erie, offers their newest newsletter. Download it now.
Sister Ann Muczynski and Development Associate Michelle Basista were two of many who prayed with Benedictines for Peace and Network's Erie Chapter at a vigil at Perry Square on Friday, "You Are Not Alone" Community Witness for Immigrants, Migrants, and Refugees. The vigil will take place on the second Friday each month in Perry Square directly across from and facing the Federal Courthouse.
Call your congressional representatives and demand that they stop the Trump administration’s illegal and immoral military action on Venezuela. Find your representatives here. If you are in Erie, Pennsylvania, as we are, please contact Congessman Mike Kelly, 202-225-5406; Senator John Fetterman, 202-224-4254; Senator Dave McCormick, 202-224-6324.
Learn more. Read the Statement and actions from Maryknoll Office of Global Concerns
Statement from Pax Christi USA
Statement from Pax Christi International
Statement from Leadership Conference of Women Religious
Register to watch a webinar: Venezuela Behind the Headlines...
Also on the Feast of the Epiphany, January 6, 2026, the Jubilee Doors at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome will close marking the conclusion of the Jubilee Year 2025: Pilgrims of Hope. The doors will be walled up with mortar and cement from the inside, only to be reopened for the next Jubilee. Until then designated jubilee doors in dioceses around the world were closing, including in Erie when the doors at St. Peter’s Cathedral closed on December 28.
Sister Patricia McGreevy, OSB, 92, died on December 27, 2025, at Mount St. Benedict Monastery in Erie.
Bring fire and warmth to your wintery hearth and join us for a spiritual celebration and retreat on the eve of the Feast of St Brigid on January 31 from 1 -7 p.m. Read more and register.
Sister Helen Heher, OSB, 81, died on December 23, 2025, at Mount St. Benedict Monastery in Erie.
As Advent draws to a close, the monastery begins to look like Christmas. On Sunday evening sisters trimmed the Christmas tree in the monastery community room then gather for prayer and caroling.
