Sister Micaela Randolph
My life in ministry started the day after I finished the Novitiate. In February 1958, I was asked to go to Council Bluffs, Iowa, to complete the year for one of the retired teachers. Because I had some musical ability,…
Sister Stories
Sister Stories includes a glimpse into the lives of the sisters and their ministries they have been called to do. To learn more about the sisters and their lives, keep reading or check out our Meet the Sisters page!
Sister Diana Seago
I am the Director of Computing for our monastery. I make sure our network is running smoothly and repair our computers and mobile devices. I am one of our community cantors, a member of the monastic schola, and I play…
Sister Jennifer Halling
I have two primary ministries: I am the editor of Threshold and Benedictines magazines, and I am the director of the Atchison oblate deanery. For Threshold, I write and compile stories of our Benedictine life at the Mount to share with family, oblates, friends,…
Sister Martha Schweiger
As I ponder the meaning of my ministries, the word that best explains my life is “hospitality.” This is true through my childhood, living in a large family who spent time in preparing meals and welcoming family, relatives, friends and…
Sister Suzanne Fitzmaurice
During my years as a Benedictine Sister, I have served in many capacities, among them as a high school teacher and as associate director at Keeler Women’s Center in Kansas City. Since returning to Mount St. Scholastica in 2020, I…
Sister Cecilia Olson
Over the years, my ministries focused on either teaching or coordinating liturgies, both at Mount St. Scholastica and for six years in a parish. I can honestly say that I loved both worlds! Now, in my “senior years,” I find…
Sister Delores Dolezal
My primary ministry is being present for the Liturgy of the Hours, the Eucharist, and being obedient to my Sisters. That truly is my PRIMARY ministry. As for “labora,” I am a gardener inside the monastery and outside the monastery.…
Sister Jeanne d’Arc Kernion
My ministries continue to be centered on books, perhaps because that’s all I know. English, especially literature, was my field of study, and is what I taught for most of my teaching years until I retired from the seminary college…
Sister Therese Elias
Since 1984, my work has been mostly in spiritual ministry: spiritual direction, teaching and leading retreats. The areas of most concentration have been contemplative prayer, the mystics, dreamwork, the Enneagram, and Benedictine spirituality. I’ve led classes and retreats on these…
Sister Barbara Conroy
Among my various ministries, I provide pastoral care for the residents in Dooley Center at Mount St. Scholastica. I am also Oblate director for the group that meets in St Joseph, Missouri. I also previously ministered as bereavement coordinator for…
Sister Mary Agnes Patterson
My current ministry is Director of Development for Mount St. Scholastica and our ministries. This ministry is a blessing to me because I am able to meet and visit on the phone with our family members, donors and benefactors. In…
Sister Kathleen Flanagan
Since the fall of 2014, I have worked at the Benedictine College library. I started solely in circulation, being at the front desk, greeting the students as they came in, managing both student and faculty/staff overdue materials and trying to…
