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St. Scholastica Priory
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Do you sometimes wonder if there is something more to life, but don’t know how to find it? St Benedict describes the monastery as "a school for God's service." All monks and nuns are students, striving to hear and discern the will of God. Like St. Andrew and his companion, we have asked, "Rabbi, where do you live? And responded to Our Lord's invitation to "come and see" (Jn 1:38-39). We are often asked, How do I know if I have a religious vocation? Kiss of peace welcoming the novice to the community.
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St. Scholastica Priory
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Sr Maria Isabel's Clothing Ceremony. The clothing of a novice, in which the candidate receives the habit, a white veil and her name in religion, is a simple ceremony, held outside of the celebration of Mass and the Divine Office. Postulant Marlene Gomez before Vigils the morning of her clothing. After the postulant is presented by the Novice Mistress to the Prioress, she kneels before her, wearing the tunic and cincture of the habit. The Prioress asks:. What do you ask. The Prioress presents the Rule:.
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St. Scholastica Priory
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Three times a year St. Scholastica Priory usually hosts Monastic Experience Weekends for single Roman Catholic women between the ages of 18-40 who are interested in discerning their vocation. In 2016 the weekends will be held on June 17-19 and October 7-9. (We had scheduled a weekend for February 12-14, but because of the illness and death of our foundress, Mother Mary Clare Vincent. We will not be holding this weekend.). Pray with the nuns in church. Eat with them in the refectory. Petersham, MA 01366.
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St. Scholastica Priory
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St Scholastica Priory, a contemplative monastery of Roman Catholic nuns, follows the Rule of St. Benedict, written about 530 A. D. As Benedictines, we are not considered part of an order in the modern sense: our house is autonomous, but we are aggregated to the international Subiaco-Cassinese federation of Benedictine monasteries. In order to nuture prayer and an awareness of God’s presence, our work is carried out within the enclosure of the monastery and, as much as possible, in a spirit of silence and...
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St. Scholastica Priory
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Listen carefully, my son, to the master’s instructions, and attend to them with the ear of your heart. With this introduction to his Rule, St. Benedict calls the brother to the basic stance of his vocation: a monk is someone who inclines his ear to the Divine Voice, who opens his eyes to the Light of Christ. St Benedict handing the Rule to his monks. The three vows of every Benedictine professes are stability,. Translated as conversion of manners or conversion of life, is a vow to. To take on the. Or wor...
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St. Scholastica Priory
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Sr Mary Herbert Walsh. Sr Mary Herbert Walsh, a nun of St. Scholastica Priory, Petersham, Mass., died July 30 at the priory following a brief illness. She was 98 and in her 80th year of profession. They were a devout Roman Catholic family: from the time Herbert and Julia knew they were expecting their first child, they prayed the Rosary every night. 1923 Christmas on the farm, Lucille on the right. May 18, 1933 Sr. Mary Herbert First Vows. 1931 Mary Lucille candidate. After completing the eighth grade, L...
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Saint Scholastica Priory - Petersham MA
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Hospitality is a hallmark of Benedictine monasticism, and men and women of all faiths are welcome to stay at our guesthouse, to share in our liturgy and to spend time in prayer and personal reflection. Our beloved foundress and first prioress. Mother Mary Clare Vincent. Entered eternal life on January 2. Your prayers and messages are deeply appreciated. Click here for obituary. On a joyous day in January, Sr. Emmanuel made her solemn vows. Check back here for photographs. Sign up for our E-mail Newsletter.
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Prayer and the Presence of God. The Divine Office, St. Benedict’s. Or sacred reading, their manual and intellectual work. Our lives are dominated by the Divine Office: from the first. Domine, labia mea aperies. O Lord, open my lips, to the nightly closing Marian antiphon and blessing with holy water by the superior, the unceasing round of the Work of God sanctifies the day and night and consecrates to God the individual monk or nun, the community, and, in a mysterious way, the entire world. Sacred readin...
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St. Scholastica Priory
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Our monastic guesthouse is an extension of our life of prayer. Anyone, Catholic or non-Catholic, seeking a period of silence, solitude, and prayer is welcome to come make a retreat with us. The guesthouse features 18 private rooms; it is managed jointly by us and the monks of St. Mary’s Monastery. The kitchen, with a range, refrigerator and well-stocked pantry, the dining room and sitting room are common to women and men retreatants. Linens and towels are provided. We are unable to accommodate pets.
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