What's Happening at the Mount

Calendar of upcoming community events.

Please remember in your prayers the oldest member of our community, Sister Lorene Judge, OSB, 95, who died on Thursday at the Atchison Hospital. The Mass of the Resurrection was celebrate at the Mount on August 5.
Obituary
Reflection given at the Vigil on August 4 by Marcia Ziska, OSB

Save the Date - November 16, 2008
Please join us at our annual Night of Dreams
KCI Expo Center, 11730 No. Ambassador Drive, Kansas City, MO



July at the Mount in photos
July 25, 2008



Sisters Celebrate Anniversary of Monastic Profession
Press release with photo
July 15, 2008

"Retiring into Service" from the Atchison Globe about the retirement of Sisters Janelle Maes and Mary Rae Schrick (9 July '08)



June at the Mount in photos
June 30, 2008





See photos from the Leadership Camp for Girls that was held June 25 - 27 at Mount St. Scholastica.






Summer 2008 Threshold
June 25, 2008






May at the Mount in photos
June 3, 2008



Congratulations to S. Carol Ann Petersen who received the Delta award at the Donnelly College graduation for all that she does for women in the area, especially for her leadership at the Keeler Women's Center. Read the speech she presented at the graduation.



April at the Mount in photos
May 3, 2008





Congratulations to Sister Barbara Smith who made perpetual monastic profession at Mount St. Scholastica on Sunday, April 27.
Press Release
Reflection by Sister Anne Shepard, OSB, for the Sixth Sunday of Easter, the Perpetual Monastic Profession of Sister Barbara
Reflection given at the Vigil of Perpetual Monastic Profession by Sister Irene Nowell, OSB
Photos from the profession ceremony.

Mount Welcomes Five New Oblates
Press Release with photos, April 13, 2008


Paperweights made from the marble from the front entrance of the former Mount Administration Building are now available for purchase.
(March 29, 2008) 



Gregorian Chant CD is now available for purchase. Click here for information and to hear two selections from the CD. We also have available for purchase a CD of selections from a Criterion music box. Click here for information and to hear two selections.

A New Feature: Do you have a special intention for the sisters to remember in prayer? Click here to submit a prayer request online.

We embark on the world of the blog. Nun Bytes provides an on-going look into the world of Sister Diana Seago, OSB, our network administrator at the Mount. Nun Like Us is Sister Suzanne Fitzmaurice's blog about her life as the Mount's vocation minister.

We're on YouTube! The video made by college students Jen McClaflin and Lauren Murphy, "The Benedictine Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica: Seeking God" is now available on YouTube.

Mobile Ministry
Click to learn more about how you can sign up and receive daily text messages on your mobile phone from the Benedictine Sisters. It's Free!

Press Releases & Other News from previous years