Spotlight

Sister Joan tries to always be cheerful through life’s difficulties.

Sister Vivian remains faithful to serving God’s people where there is need. Sister now lives a life of quiet prayer for the world, for the many sufferings people face from natural disasters or at the hands of others, and for peace.

Sister Therese believes that “the greatest gift of women in the world and in the church is ‘love and forgiveness.’”

Sister Mary John would like others to know how grateful she is for her life and the Benet Hill community of sisters she journeys with.

Sister Marilyn understands her Benedictine vowed life as a fulfillment of her baptismal call: to live as Jesus lived, to reach out, to touch others and draw them into the already worshipping community.

Here is her motto: “Joy is the echo of God’s life in the soul.”

For Sister Mary Frances, “Religious life is the story of God’s romance with souls.”

“Of all my assignments, ‘missions’ we call them, my time as teacher of the visually handicapped was very special for me. It was such a thrill to see fingers glide across a Braille page and tell a story.”

She may have retired, but Sister Maria Elena will never stop teaching.

Sister Louise Sharum, OSB and Sister Andrea Loron, OSB run a retreat center, Hesychia House of Prayer, nestled in the Ozarks. This year they received a $2700 grant for a chairlift to go up and down the staircase.