These ministries are important to us because hospitality is our
community charism. The peaceful setting and daily activities of the community
are conducive
to reflection and discernment; learning, discovery and prayer. Our visitors
most often comment on the beauty of the campus, especially the three beautiful
chapels that are used regularly.
Sophia Center - A Benedictine
Center for Spirituality - Open to persons of all faiths, the Center's
programs address contemporary concerns, emphasize prayer, community,
personal integration, and the interconnectedness of creation. A peaceful
place to get away for private or directed retreats.
The Mount Conservatory
of Music - Artistic training in studio piano, pipe organ, harp,
strings voice, woodwinds, brass and handbells.
Maur
Hill-Mount Academy - (co-sponsor, with St. Benedict's Abbey) a
Catholic, Benedictine, co-educational, day and boarding, college preparatory
high school located in Atchison, Kansas.
Benedictine
College - (co-sponsor, with St. Benedict's Abbey) a 4-year Catholic,
residential, liberal arts college.
Happy Hearts Adult Learning Center - GED preparation, family literacy classes,
parenting classes, and tutoring.
Our Ministries outside Atchison
Our sisters live in many communities outside of Atchison as well. Some
of these include Kansas City, Saint Joseph, Missouri, and Seneca, Kansas.
We minister as hospital chaplains, teachers and school administrators,
ministers of peace and justice, writers, doctors, parish ministers and
caregivers for the elderly. Our life in common and our prayer binds us
to one another as well as to all of the Sisters at the monastery in Atchison.
Our largest sponsored ministry outside of Atchison is Donnelly
College where several of our sisters provide educational opportunities for
those who otherwise may not be served. Keeler
Women's Center, located at 2220 Central, Kansas City, Kasnas, has as its mission empowering
women in the urban core of Kansas City through education, advocacy, personal,
and spiritual development
Other Involvement
Our community is a member of Benedictines
for Peace, an international organization of Benedictines who gives a common
voice to a vision of peace as we confront the violence of our day with the
love of Christ that it might be transformed by our prayer and actions.
We take part in the For
Whom the Bell Tolls, a campaign to end the death penalty in the United
States. We toll our monastery bell for two minutes every day that a person
on death row is put to death.