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What a great weekend for our fall clean-up day! This past Saturday we had several volunteers helping us remove fallen branches and this year’s sunflowers, weeding and preparing the flower gardens, and so much more! Thank you to all our…
Farewell to Elizabeth Garcia Elizabeth joined Keeler Women’s Center in 2019 as a participant of our Spanish programs. During the pandemic, she attended our zoom programs in Spanish and began to attend English offerings. It wasn’t long after we returned…
Sister Helga Leija began hosting the podcast “Orando los Salmos desde el Monasterio” (Praying the Psalms from the Monastery) on August 15, 2022. With 95 episodes recorded and published, she has journeyed up to Psalm 95. The concept of the…
Raising a Joyful Sound The Mount hosted musicians from Benedictine College (BC) on April 14 and 20, 2024, as liturgical music students Mary Catherine Karpilo and Gerard Remmes planned music for vespers as their capstone projects. Gerard composed an invitatory…
Maur Hill–Mount Academy Students Visit the Mount As a sponsor of Maur Hill-Mount Academy (MH-MA), the Mount invited students to visit on February 8 and 9, 2024, to learn about how the sisters live out their Benedictine life. After a…
On April 26, 2024, Keeler Women’s Center (KWC) celebrated more than 70 volunteers and community partners at the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library and Environmental Learning Center in Kansas City, Kansas. Volunteers at KWC include many of the Mount…
From June 23 to July 13, 2024, the Mount hosted a Benedictine Spirituality Workshop and Retreat (BSWR) for two sisters preparing to make their final profession: Sister Marena Hoogland from Annunciation Monastery in Bismarck, North Dakota, and Sister Siena Fisk…
The Wangari Committee provided grants for two 2024 Benedictine College Discovery Day projects, which were presented to the sisters on April 25. The grants support research related to stewardship, sustainability, women’s equality, and environmental justice. Abby Walterscheid investigated proteinprotein interactions…
On April 14, 2024, more than 90 women from Kansas and Missouri came to the Mount for “Catholic Women’s Day: A Bilingual Benedictine Experience.” The day was facilitated by Mary Kay Whitaker, of Sophia Spirituality Center, and Karla Melgar, a…
