Center, a retreat house that offers spiritual direction
and adult faith formation programs and retreats of all
sorts. Located in a beautiful and peaceful Douglas fir/
alder forest, the community welcomes each visitor as
Christ, in the spirit of the Rule of St. Benedict. New
Membership Director: Sr. Monika Ellis; 500 College
Street, NE, Lacey, WA 98516; (360) 438-1771; e-mail:
mellis@stplacid.org; website: www.stplacid.org. See
our web ad at www. VocationNetwork.org.
See ad on page 125. Code #004.
WOMEN’S COMMUNITIES
Benedictine Sisters (O.S.B.), Lisle, IL—Sacred
Heart Monastery Directed by the Gospel and the
spirit of the Rule of Benedict, our mission is based
on a commitment to use our time, talents, and
resources to spread the Good News. Our primary
ministry is Hospitality to those in our expanding
health care facility, education, nursing, pastoral
ministry, social concerns and domestic services.
We sponsor Daybreak of Lisle. Lectio Divina (a
form of praying with scripture) is a way we foster
spiritual growth for our health care community. In
our monastic lifestyle we try to balance community
with ministry. Interested? Contact us for further
details. Vocation Director: Sister Christine Kouba,
O.S.B., 1910 Maple Avenue, Lisle, IL 60532-2164;
(630) 977-9225; e-mail: ckouba@shmlisle.org;
website: www.shmlisle.org. See our web ad at www.
VocationNetwork.org.
See ad on page 125. Code #004.
Benedictine Sisters (O.S.B.), Lutherville, MD—
Emmanuel Monastery We, the Benedictine Sisters of
Emmanuel Monastery, are a community of monastic
women who seek God through prayer, community
life, and ministry, bringing a 1500 year tradition into
the 21st century. Empowered by the Word of God,
we claim our gifts as women in the Church, with
an international commitment to justice and peace,
offering hospitable space in a culture that fosters
hostility. We serve persons with material and spiritual
needs in a variety of ministerial settings and challenge
structures that diminish human dignity. Because we
bear the name Emmanuel, God with us, we commit
ourselves to be a presence of God in our world. We
are a small community of 16 women who minister
according to our personal gifts and where there is a
need. We minister in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and
in the Baltimore area. We are known for our gifts of
community and hospitality and our commitment to
justice and peace. Contact: Sr. Patricia Kirk, O.S.B.,
2229 W. Joppa Rd., Lutherville, MD 21093-4601;
(410) 821-5792; e-mail: pkirk@emmanuelosb.org;
website: www.emmanuelosb.org. See our web ad at
www.VocationNetwork.org.
See ad on page 125. Code #004.
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Benedictine Sisters (O.S.B.), Mt. Angel, OR—
Queen of Angels Monastery We are women
responding to the call to live community according
to the Gospel and the Rule of Saint Benedict. Together
we seek God in a balanced life of prayer and work,
simplicity, hospitality, and service. While our vow of
stability leads us to special care of the people in our
local area, we are deeply conscious of sharing the
universal mission of the Church. Our community
ministries include a retreat and renewal center and a
homeless shelter. Our 40 members serve in a variety
of individual ministries, including teaching, pastoral
care, health care, spiritual direction, and parish
work. We encourage women who are interested in
our monastic way of life to visit and explore the
possibilities of Benedictine life. Vocation Director: Sr.
Benedictine Sisters (O.S.B.), Pittsburgh, PA—St.
Benedict Monastery Our monastic life compels us
to seek God in Community and Prayer as our chief
occupation. Seeking God, we follow the values of
the Rule of St. Benedict by our practice of common
prayer, lectio divina, generous hospitality and living
in common. Nourished by the Word of God and our
life together we respond to the needs of our world
utilizing the gifts of each individual sister as they
are led through education, ministry, parish ministry,
social justice, senior services, behavioral health care,
visual arts, liturgy and music, counseling, spiritual
direction and spirituality programs. We seek to be
a sign that peace and peacemaking is possible in an
ever-chaotic world. If you seek God and are looking to
be encouraged and challenged in your search contact
us: Vocation Office, 4530 Perrysville Ave., Pittsburgh,
PA 15229-2296; (412) 931-2844 ext. 117; e-mail:
listening@osbpgh.org; website: www.osbpgh.org. See
our web ad at www.VocationNetwork.org.
See ad on page 125. Code #004.
Benedictine Sisters (O.S.B.), Rapid City, SD—St.
Martin Monastery St. Martin Monastery is located
in the beautiful Black Hills of western South Dakota.
We are a community of 23 women who follow the
Rule of St. Benedict as we live out our Baptismal call.
Our prayer, Lectio Divina, and the Liturgy of the
Hours, as well as our community life are sources
of strength from which all our ministries flow. Our
ministries vary according to the gifts and talents of
the individual Sister. As Benedictines we seek God in
all things and share our Benedictine values of peace,
silence, and prayer. We are a monastic community.
We are the only motherhouse in the diocese. If you
are seeking God’s will and have a desire to grow in
intimacy with our Lord, we invite you to come and
spend some time with us. Contact: Sr. Florence
McManamen, O.S.B., 1851 City Springs Rd., Rapid
City, SD 57702-9613; (605) 343-8011; fax: (605)
399-2723; e-mail: srflomcman@aol.com; website:
www.blackhillsbenedictine.com. See our web ad at
www.VocationNetwork.org.
See ad on page 125. Code #004.
Benedictine Sisters (O.S.B.), Richardton,
ND—Sacred Heart Monastery We are a vibrant
community of Catholic Benedictine women who
strive to deepen our relationship with God and one
another through sharing the spiritual and material
gifts God has given to us on this prairie. Founded
in 1910 to respond to the needs of the church in
rural North Dakota, we provide hospitality, spiritual
direction and retreats, and serve in pastoral and health
care. We value the common life based on the Rule of
Benedict and the monastic promises of obedience,
stability and fidelity to the monastic way of life. The
contemplative environment of the prairie surrounds
our monastery with the beauty of God’s creation. Our
monastic life is nourished by daily Eucharist, Liturgy
of the Hours, contemplative prayer and personal
devotions as well as by our brother monks at nearby
Assumption Abbey. Vocation Director, P.O. Box 364,
Richardton, ND 58652; (701) 974-2121; e-mail:
vocations@sacredheartmonastery.com; website: www.
sacredheartmonastery.com. See our web ad at www.
VocationNetwork.org.
See ad on page 125. Code #004.
Benedictine Sisters (O.S.B.), Rock Island, IL—St. Mary Monastery Both contemplative and active, we are called
to prayer, community, and work using
our gifts. We serve in spiritual direction, retreats,
parish work, pastoral care, campus ministry,
education, social work, community work, and
outreach to the poor. We invite you to take time to
stroll through our wooded grounds and reflect on
God’s call to you. Watch the ducks paddle around the
lake and the deer graze on the hill. Come to prayers
and meals. Talk and laugh with the sisters. “Listen
with the ear of your heart.” Join us on your vocation
journey. You may feel one step closer to home. Sr.
Roberta Bussan, O.S.B., 2200 88th Avenue W, Rock
Island, IL 61201; (309) 283-2300 or (800) 650-1257
e-mail: rbussan@smmsisters.org; website and blog:
www.smmsisters.org. See our web ad at www.
VocationNetwork.org.
See ads on pages 16, 125. Code #152.
Benedictine Sisters (O.S.B.), St. Leo, FL—Holy
Name Monastery The Benedictine Sisters of
Florida, the only Motherhouse of Sisters in the
diocese of St. Petersburg, is a monastic community
of women seeking God together in a life of prayer
and ministry. Our prayer life is centered in
Eucharist, Liturgy of the Hours, and Lectio Divina.
Our ministries depend on local needs and the gifts
of the Sisters. Our prayer overflows in ministries
that express our corporate commitment to respond
to the hungers of the people of God: education,
retreats, spiritual direction, hospitality, peace/justice
and direct service to the poor. Presently there are
15 perpetually professed sisters, 1 scholastic, 2
affiliates and 3 resident volunteers who seek God
together in community, praise God through prayer/
ministry, and listen with the ear of the heart to
the Spirit’s call into the future. We invite women
between the ages of 20-50 who hear a call to prayer
and community to “Come and See” the Florida
Benedictines! For more information see our web
page: www.floridabenedictines.com. Sr. Mary David
Hydro, O.S.B., Box 2450, St. Leo, FL 33574-2450;
(352) 588-8320; e-mail: vocation@saintleo.edu. See
our web ad at www.VocationNetwork.org.
See ad on page 125. Code #004.
Benedictine Sisters (O.S.B.), St. Paul, MN—St.
Paul’s Monastery If you yearn for life and desire
to seek God with other seekers, come. We are
40 Monastic women who seek God together in
community and celebrate Liturgy of the Hours,
Lectio Divina, personal prayer and the sacramental
life of the Church. Through the Gospel and the Rule
of Saint Benedict, we respond through ministries
of prayer, good works, and hospitality. We work
in spiritually, education, pastoral care, health and
child care as well as other areas of need among
God’s People today. We welcome women who are
at a new juncture in their lives and who might be
experiencing God calling them to a new way of life.
If you are in your 30s, 40s and 50s and feel a leaning
toward monastic life, you are welcome to a Come
and See experience to share life at our monastery.
Please contact the Vocation Director, Sr. Marie Fujan,
OSB, 2675 Benet Road, St. Paul, MN 55109-5097;
e-mail: srmarie@stpaulsmonastery.org; website:
