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ALL REGISTRATIONS PRIOR TO 10:00 P.M. WEDNESDAY MAY 31 LOST ON ZOOM
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Our apologies for the inconvenience!
ANNUAL BENEDICTINE COMMUNITY RETREAT WILL BE OPEN TO ANY SEEKER VIA ZOOM FOR THE FIRST TIME
Every year the Erie Benedictine Sisters and Oblates gather at the monastery for their annual retreat. This is a special time of prayer and reflection for sisters and oblates and it is not generally open to the larger community.
Because of the important and timely theme of this year's retreat, "Benedictine Women in a Synodal Church: Gifts for the Pilgrim Journey," we are inviting our extended family to participate VIRTUALLY in the retreat June 6-10. PARTICIPATION AT THE MONASTERY REMAINS LIMITED TO OBLATES AND SISTERS. Fortunately virtual space is unlimited. More information and retreat schedule are here.
Help bring the rescue goats back to clear more woods.
Lake Erie, Our Kin Screening at Tom Ridge Environmental Center
"Lake Erie, Our Kin", is a documentary created for WQLN's Chronicles Series. The one-hour film will be screened at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center Big Green Screen theater on Saturday, June 3, with the filmmakers and its subjects! This event is FREE and open to the public. Erie Benedictine Sister Pat Lupo is featured in this documentary.
Laudato Sí: Respond to the Cry of the Earth
The Erie Benedictine Laudato Sí Platform Committee is working locally to keep alive the message of Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Sí, On Care for Our Common Home. We follow the direction set by the International Laudato Sí Action Platform as it works globally to keep this message of the encyclical before us. The vision: Every sector of the global church is, somehow, finding ways to lessen the climate crisis. All families, parishes, schools, health care, business, agriculture….are promoting and implementing Laudato Sí in their own local communities.
View online: 3rd Art & Spirituality Lecture
Dr. Geoffrey Dunn's presentation "Bunbu Ryodo - a surgeon’s experience" at Mount Saint Benedict Monastery is now available for online viewing. Dr. Dunn's presentation addressed spiritual growth through the twin paths of action and contemplation. The twin path concept is derived from the Japanese, bunbu ryodo, the balance of the pen and the sword. He discussed the principle in light of recent neurologic research and a half century’s experience with painting and surgery.
Sister Pat Lupo: Environmental Voice
Lake Erie is the fourth largest lake by surface area of the five Great Lakes in North America and the eleventh-largest globally. The city of Erie is the main access point for Pennsylvanians to the Great Lakes. Erie Benedictine Sister Pat Lupo has been an environmental voice and activist in the Lake Erie region for decades. She is a contributor in a new podcast, Connecting with Lake Erie, from PennFuture's Environmental Voices podcast.
Join us for “Care Not Cuts" Rally
This Tuesday May 23 from noon to 12:45 p.m. Benedictines for Peace and other local organizations are joining in NETWORK’s “Care Not Cuts" Rally, a non-partisan event to call on Congress to protect SNAP/WIC, housing subsidies, Medicaid, and veteran's services. Our democratic government, by means of the federal budget, has a moral responsibility to prioritize care for vulnerable people in urban and rural communities, and create a stronger, safer, healthier country where everyone has the opportunity to thrive. Let's come together and urge Congress to secure a moral budget that serves the common good. Erie Benedictine Sister Dorothy Stoner will speak at the rally, along with Mayor Joe Schember and others.
Erie DAWN celebrates founding sisters
Several Erie Benedictines were among the religious women honored by Erie DAWN (Dwelling and Advocacy for Women in Need) for their vision and leadership in beginning the non-profit collaboration in 1995. The Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern Pennsylvania, the Sisters of Mercy, and the Benedictine Sisters of Erie began Erie DAWN and sponsored the ministry for 25 years. It is now a separately incorporated ministry with the mission of "providing safe, affordable, independent, transitional housing for low-income women and children. Advocacy and support services are provided so these women can continue to be productive members of society."
In Memoriam: Sister Mary Miller, OSB
Sister Mary Miller, OSB, 81, died on Sunday, May 14, 2023, at Mount Saint Benedict Monastery in Erie, Pennsylvania.