What's Happening at the Mount

Upcoming Events

+Sister Rosaria Schaefer, OSB, 96, our oldest member in age, died about 7:15 Wednesday morning while the community was gathering for Eucharist celebrating the feast of the Conversion of St. Paul.
Arrangements are as follows:
7:00 p.m., Sunday, January 29: Vigil Service
10:30 a.m. Monday, January 30: Mass of Resurrection
Both services are in the Mount St. Scholastica Choir Chapel.
Obituary
May she rest in peace and be remembered gratefully in our prayers.

Monastic Experience
Come join us for a day of prayer and work (ora et labora) or experience a whole week in March on one of the following dates:
February 18, 2012
March 5-9, 2012 (a 5 day experience)
April 21, 2012
Contact Sr. Barbara Smith, OSB, for more information call: 913-360-6219 or email: vocation at mountosb.org

Save the date for Leadership Camp for girls going into 6th, 7th, or 8th grade to be held on June 27-29, 2012, at Mount St. Scholastica, at Atchison, Kansas. Download the brochure for more information.
Are you in high school or college and would like to be a camp counselor? Download the brochure for high school or college counselors.


Calendar of other upcoming community events.

Recent Events

Check out our Winter 2012 Threshold.

Sister Theophane Reineke died January 4, 2012, at Mount St. Scholastica. The Mass of Resurrection was celebrated Saturday, January 7, followed by burial in the monastic cemetery. May she rest in peace and be remembered gratefully in our prayers.
Obituary.

Three Children's Stories - with photos by Sister Marie Louise Krenner, OSB
The Twin Who Ran Away - the story of St. Benedict
The Twin Who Tagged Along - the story of St. Scholastica


December 2011 at the Mount in photos
31 December 2011




Daily Bread for the Soul from The Leaven
The article is about “Give Us This Day,” a prayer resource to which Sisters Irene Nowell and Susan Barber have contributed.
24 December 2011


Baking Christmas cookies with our Benedictine College Prayer Partners - view photos
17 December 2011




November 2011 at the Mount in photos
10 December 2011



Thank you to everyone who made our Night of Dreams 2011 a wonderful success! All monies raised this night help support our ministries and our elderly sisters. We are grateful for your support.
Winners: chance on a dream winner is Elizabeth Swift of Guilford, Ct and she chose the Week in Ireland. Grand Prize drawing winner is Martha LaVan and she chose the 2012 Honda Civic.
Save the date for next year: October 21, 2012, from 4 -8 p.m., at the KCI Expo Center.



October 2011 at the Mount in photos
3 November 2011





September 2011 at the Mount in photos
10 October 2011




Congratulations to Sisters Kathleen Flanagan, Mary Rardin, and Patricia Seipel on the Silver Jubilee of their monastic profession. We had a wonderful community celebration today for their 25 years of faithfully living their monastic profession.
Read the reflection that Sister Anne gave at the Jubilee Mass.
Photos and Press release
2 October 2011


August at the Mount in photos
3 September 2011



Congratulations to our Golden Jubilarians, Sisters Therese Elias, Mary Margaret Kean, Loretta McGuire, Linda Zahner, Jeannine Neavitt, Eleanor Suther, Genevieve Robinson, Martha Schweiger, Joanne Yankauskis, who celebrated 50 years of faithfully living their vows on 31 July 2011. View photos from the day.
Read Sister Anne's reflection from the Golden Jubilee celebration.
31 July 2011



Early summer at the Mount in photos
10 July 2011





The Benedictine Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica, joyfully announce the re-election of Sister Anne Shepard, OSB, to continue her service as our prioress.
Press release with photo.

View photos of the Leadership Camp that was held June 20-22.



May 2011 at Mount St. Scholastica in photos.
11 June 2011



Congratulations to S. Irene Nowell who was honored by Benedictine College with the 2011 Offeramus Award.
S. Anne's presentation of the Offeramus Award
S. Irene's speech
June 4, 2011

Congratulations to S. Mary Collins, OSB, who was recently honored with a Doctorate in Theology, honoris causa, from Catholic Theological Union.

Five New Oblates Welcomed at Mount
Press release with photos
May 23, 2011

Benedictine Sisters Earn Recognition
Press release, 16 April 2011

Mount St. Scholastica community featured on PBS show
Our community was featured nationally on the PBS show "Religion & Ethics Newsweekly" on Sunday, November 1, 2010. If you missed the show, you can see it online by following the above link and click on "The Monastic Life."

There is also an article by Judith Valente on the PBS site entitled "Building a Monastery of the Heart" in which she talks about her experiences while visiting our monastery.

Mobile Ministry
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Do you have a special intention for the sisters to remember in prayer? Click here to submit a prayer request online.