Sacred Stones, Sacred Stories

Are you or someone you know discerning a religious calling?

Visiting different types of religious communities is an important step. Please don’t skip it.

We offer several opportunities to visit our contemplative monasteries, to meet others just like you. Let our Sisters help you. We’ve been there and know what you’re feeling. The questions? The pressure? The uncertainty?

Spend time in prayer, get closer to God, discover what he wants from you.

2013 Monastic Experiences

Winter Monastic Experience: Feb. 15-17, Tucson, Arizona

Spring Break Monastic Experience: March 16-20, Clyde, Missouri**

Summer Monastic Experience/Tucson: May 23-29, Tucson, Arizona

Summer Monastic Experience/Clyde: July 20-27, Clyde Missouri

Individual visits can also be arranged. Please visit our VOCATIONS page to learn more or contact Sister Ruth Elaine Starman, OSB, at (660) 944-2221 or vocation@benedictinesisters.org.

**Spring Break Experience is open to students not necessarily discerning a religious vocation but who simply desire a quiet place of retreat to recharge their emotional, physical and spiritual selves.

Join our Tucson Sisters for  a Monastic Experience for women who want to learn more about monastic life and religious discernment.

The event is scheduled Oct. 19-21, 2012, at the Benedictine Monastery located at 800 N. Country Club Road in Tucson.

Participants will discover what monastic life is like, how they can open their hearts to God’s call, meet other women discerning religious life, pray with Sisters and learn about their daily lives and vocation.

For more information, please contact Sister Lupita Barajas, OSB at barajasosb@gmail.com at or (520) 325-6401 or  or visit our Vocations page.

Three young women interested in deepening their spiritual relationships attended the annual Spring Break Monastic Experience held in March at the Clyde, Mo. monastery.

A young participant learns about soapmaking from Sister Cathleen Marie (right).

Sister Deanna (left) shows a participant her work in the altar bread department

The participants, hailing from Arizona, Texas and Oregon, spent time in prayer, immersed themselves in monastic life, ate meals and prayed with Sisters and learned about the variety of their monastic works.

The Sisters also offer a similar program in the summer. For dates and locations, please visit our vocations page.

We’re so excited to announce that this year’s Summer Monastic Experience will be hosted by our Tucson, Arizona, community!

Please consider downloading this flyer and sharing with a woman in your parish, your community or your family who might be searching for answers and advice.