Sacred Stones, Sacred Stories

Sister Rita Clair (left), volunteer Sarah and Sister Cathleen Marie attended the Church of Ascension’s annual Marketplace held in Overland Park, Kan., and sold handcrafted soaps and lotions from Monastery Creations.

This is a wonderful way our Sisters can meet and greet our customers! You can also shop online at www.MonasteryCreations.com….but it doesn’t smell as good.

Photo credit: Kate Hodel/MO Source Link

Many thanks to Brian Lowney at the Rhode Island Catholic for his feature, “Midwest Drought to Impact Altar Bread Prices.” Click here to read the article.

He interviewed our Sister Rita Clair, manager of the altar bread department, to get her thoughts on how the area’s drought could affect wheat prices with regards to our altar bread production.

We are grateful that Mr. Lowney’s story was shared with the Catholic News Agency, allowing other secular and mainstream media the opportunity to share this story with their readers across the country and around the world.

As always, we keep everyone in prayer. We have been producing altar breads for over a century. Times change. Hard times come and go. Faith is everlasting, as is our confidence in the Lord’s guidance. We’ll continue making the bread that becomes the Body of Christ. And do it with prayer and a smile!

In related news, the area surrounding our community in Clyde, Missouri, received some blessed rain over the weekend. Thanks be to God! We continue to keep our neighbors and friends in our prayers, that more rain will come and renew our lands.

Rosie Stark stopped by the Clyde monastery, looking for something to do.

She stayed a little longer than she intended. Sixteen years later, she retired from our altar bread department.

Joining Rosie on her special day are (from left) Altar Bread Manager Sister Rita Clair, Prioress General Sister Pat, Rosie’s husband, Dennis, Rosie, and Clyde Prioress Sister Sean.

On Friday, we honored Rosie and her years of dedication, assisting our Sisters in providing quality altar breads as a member of the shipping department. If you’ve ever opened a box of altar breads from our monastery, chances are it was lovingly packaged by Rosie’s gentle hands.

Taking a little time to enjoy her gifts and time with fellow Altar Bread employees.

She and her husband, Dennis, look forward to a little traveling time. But as they live just down the road from us, we hope they’ll stop by and visit often.

Prioress General Sister Pat visits with Rosie’s husband, Dennis, about their retirement plans.