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About St. Gertrude
| Our Lady of Grace Monastery |
 1402 Southern Avenue Prioress: Sister Carol Falkner, OSB |
| Our Lady of Grace Monastery is located in Beech Grove, Indiana, a suburb of Indianapolis. Its members, 12% of whom are in initial formation, are involved in various works and are responsible for two corporate ministries located on the grounds. They are St. Paul Hermitage, a retirement and nursing care facility for the aged and infirm, and the Benedict Inn Retreat and Conference Center. Our Lady of Grace, a daughterhouse of Monastery Immaculate Conception, Ferdinand, Indiana, attained its autonomy in 1961. |
| Our Lady of Peace Monastery |  3710 West Broadway Prioress: Sister Mary Jo Polak, OSB |
| We are a small and relatively new community, founded in 1969 from St. Scholastica Monastery in Fort Smith, Arkansas. We are flexible while also valuing professionalism in ministry. Our prayer, lectio divina and the Liturgy of the Hours, is the source from which our ministry flows. While not all members live at the monastery, we meet frequently and have a high level of involvement, communication, and collegial decision making. Ministries are chosen in response to the needs of the Church and society, according to the gifts of the individual, with the help and approval of the entire community. In December of 1995, we moved to our new monastery on the west side of Columbia, designed to better enable us to live out our monastic charism and hospitality. |
| Mount St. Benedict Monastery |
 620 E. Summit Avenue Prioress: Sister Lenore Paschke, OSB |
| Mount Saint Benedict Monastery, located on a hill overlooking the Red Lake River, has been the home of the Sisters of Saint Benedict, Crookston, Minnesota, since the 1920s. We are women, rooted in the Gospel and the Rule of Saint Benedict, who live the Benedictine values of community, hospitality, work, and prayer. The Sisters of Saint Benedict sponsor Villa Saint Vincent, a long-term care facility, and Sunrise Center for Children and Families, and we direct Mount Saint Benedict Center, an education, enrichment, and retreat center. Sisters are also engaged in education, health care, and pastoral ministries throughout northwest Minnesota. |
 802 E. 10th Street Prioress: Sister Kristine Anne Harpenau, OSB |
Monastery Immaculate Conception |
| Monastery Immaculate Conception is home to the Sisters of St. Benedict of Ferdinand, Indiana. As one of the largest Benedictine communities of women in the country, we number 180 members, 115 of whom live at the monastery, including 10 sisters in formation. Our prayer and contemplation are the leaven for our life of presence and service. Our corporate ministry—Kordes Center—is located on the monastery’s 190 acres, as well as our gift shop, For Heaven's Sake. We serve in three states and three foreign countries in the areas of education, pastoral care, health care, counseling, social services, and mission work. We continue to affirm the value of the monastic tradition and to believe in a dynamic future for religious life. |
| St. Scholastica Monastery |
 1301 S. Albert Pike Prioress: Sister Cabrini Schmitz, OSB |
| St. Scholastica Monastery is located on 65 acres of land in Forth Smith, Arkansas. The 113 members strive to seek God within a stable community, spending time in personal and communal prayer and in work assigned by the prioress. Located on the grounds are St. Scholastica Retreat Center, the infirmary, and the formation program. About 65 miles away, in Shoal Creek, site of the original foundation, is Hesychia House of Prayer. Sisters contribute to Church and society in retreat work and pastoral care and as parish workers, religious educators, counselors, and social justice and aging advocates. |
 22791 Pico Street Prioress: Sister Mary Ann Schepers, OSB |
Holy Spirit Monastery |
| The Benedictine Sisters of Holy Spirit Monastery, Grand Terrace, California, are called to seek God in community life by responding to one another and to the people of God in mutual trust, hospitality, reverence, prayer, and ministry. |
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5070 Prioress: Sister Mary David Walgenbach, OSB |
Holy Wisdom Monastery |
| Holy Wisdom Monastery is home for Benedictine Women of Madison, Inc., the first ecumenical monastic community in North America. Hospitality flows through the heart of this community as the sisters share daily common prayer with co-workers and guests; offer personal retreats and spiritual growth programs for women and men of various faith traditions; sustain ecumenical communities of women and men in living Benedictine values in their families and professions; and maintain bonds of friendship with women's monastic communities in Asia and Africa and welcome these sisters into their community. Their monastic environment includes 130 acres of rolling hills, woods, orchards, restored prairie areas, a 10,000-year-old glacial lake, and newly created wetland. |
| The Dwelling Place Monastery |
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Mount Tabor Road Prioress: Sister Judy Yunker, OSB |
| We are monastic women challenged by the Gospel and our Benedictine tradition to nourish the giftedness of each person; to live simply and close to the earth, sharing our resources with others in ways that promote sustainability; to explore new ways to worship and pray in the spirit of ecumenism; and to share the sacredness of the mountains filled with beauty and hope. |
 840 South Main Street Prioress: Sister Dorothy Jean Beyer, OSB |
Queen of Angels Monastery |
The Benedictine Sisters of Mt. Angel are women responding to the call to live community according to the Gospel and the Rule of St. Benedict. The sisters seek God in a balanced life of prayer and work, simplicity, hospitality, and service. Their community ministries include Shalom Prayer Center, an ecumenical retreat center, and St. Joseph Shelter, which provides housing and emergency assistance to homeless individuals and families. The community's members serve in a variety of individual ministries, including teaching, pastoral care, health care, spiritual direction, and parish work. Guests and visitors to Queen of Angels Monastery, which is located in the small picturesque village of Mt. Angel, Oregon, are always welcome. |
| House of Bread Monastery |  2329 Arbot Road Prioress: Sister Mary Ann Gisler, OSB |
| When the House of Bread Monastery was established 25 years ago, hospitality, as expressed by the ministry of each individual sister, was chosen as our corporate ministry. This has been carried out by community members by staffing the Bethlehem Retreat Center and by working with children. Other modes are through pottery and crafts, nursing, counseling, and gardening. The Monastery is situated on five acres of land, which we have developed into a tree farm, apple orchard, vegetable and herb garden, and home to some 50 chickens, three llamas, two bunnies, and two furry cats. The property is situated on Westwood Lake, which has a path maintained by the city, allowing people to walk around the lake in about an hour. The Monastery is located within walking distance of the Bethlehem Retreat Center, which is owned and operated by the Benedictine Sisters of Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. |
| Sacred Heart Monastery |
 P.O. Box 364 Prioress: Sister Ruth Fox, OSB |
| Sacred Heart Monastery, Richardton, North Dakota, was established in 1916 on the open prairies. This rural monastic community sponsors a 101-bed nursing home, two retirement homes, and a spirituality center that serves the people in a 250-mile radius. The members of the Monastery are on the cutting edge as they have installed wind turbines to generate their electricity and to preserve and protect the environment. |
 110 28th Avenue SE Prioress: Sister Ramona Fallon, OSB |
Mother of God Monastery |
| Mother of God Monastery was founded in 1961 as the first daughterhouse of Sacred Heart Monastery, Yankton, South Dakota. Our first home for the sisters was a wing attached to St. Mary's Hospital in Pierre, South Dakota. We were able to buy a lovely spot on a hill a mile south of Watertown, overlooking the town and the lake. Harmony Hill High School and one small wing of a priory were built in 1967. This served as our home until the present monastery was built in 1997, a short distance from the Harmony Hill building. Along with many other communities, we began missionary work in Latin America, which continued for over 30 years. We are still pioneering women who minister in schools, hospitals, parishes, retreat centers, and in our own monastery as we work and gather daily for Eucharist and the Liturgy of the Hours. Through our charism of hospitality, we welcome the many guests who come to spend time with us. |
| St. Benedict's Monastery |
 225 Masters Avenue, RR 1B Prioress: Sister Irene Burzynski, OSB |
| We are a community of Benedictine women called to witness God's gracious presence by building community wherever we are, by praying the Liturgy of the Hours, by offering hospitality and extending peace, and by responding to the changing needs around us in the fields of education, health care, and spiritual formation. We seek God by living in this cenobitic community under the Rule of St. Benedict and a prioress. In response to the call of the Church, this Benedictine tradition made its Canadian foundation in Winnipeg in 1912. |
 1005 W. 8th Street Prioress: Sister Jennifer Kehrwald, OSB |
Sacred Heart Monastery |
| We are Benedictine women of Yankton, South Dakota, sharing our gift of seeking God through prayer, work, study, and community life. Bishop Marty Chapel, with its steeple towering over Yankton, is a magnificent expression of our dedication to prayer. The members of our community are engaged in various ministries: education, healthcare, prayer ministry, parish ministry, Hispanic and Native American ministries, social work, hospital chaplaincies, counseling, advanced study, retreats and spiritual direction. Our mission is to remain rooted in our rural heritage, growing in relationship with God and one another in monastic community, as we live our lives of prayer, work, and lectio by which we serve God and God's people in our time and place. |
Federation of St. Gertrude
Sister Kathryn Huber, President
802 East 10th Street
Ferdinand, IN 47532
(812) 367-1411 ext. 2917
khosb@thedome.org
