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Your Christmas gift will help build a better world for our children.
Thank you for your support!
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Dear
Christmas is the time of year when we tend to remember the past with affection; to see from where we have come; and to look forward to the New Year with the hope and renewed energy needed to bring about change in the future.
Please consider a financial gift to this Christmas appeal so together we can bring hope for the future to the poor and marginalized that we serve every day. Donate now at our secure website.
Click here to read more about what we have accomplished together.
On behalf of the sisters, may you have a joyous, peaceful Christmas and a New Year filled with hope.
Sister Anne Wambach, OSB
Prioress
P.S. Click here to listen to the sisters' special blessing for you.
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Justice for Immigrants
Prayer Vigil
December 2
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Join us for a  30 minute vigil to pray that a just law will be passed for the 11.5 million undocumented immigrants in the United States.
Location: 2nd and State Streets, Erie
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Advent Vigils
December 3, 10, 17
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Please join the Benedictine community as we celebrate the Vigil of Advent on each of the next three Saturdays in the monastery chapel. Pray with us and watch the light of the Advent candles grow strong and bright as Christmas draws near ─ to celebrate hope and in faith open your hearts to the promise of the coming of our God. Reflections will be given by Sister Beth Adams on December 3, Sister Elizabeth Oettel on December 10 and Sister Mary Miller on December 17.
Date: Saturdays, December 3, 10 and 17
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Mount St. Benedict Monastery Chapel
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Stillpoint Contemplative Retreat Day
December 10
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The Stillpoint Contemplative Retreat Day is silent and includes eight sitting sessions with chanting, contemplative walking and teachings. Dress comfortably and bring your own lunch. Coffee and tea provided. You'll have a chance to enjoy a quiet walk outdoors on woodland trails that wind through the monastery grounds.
Email Sister Margaret Zeller for a registration form.
Date: Saturday, December 10
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Location: Mount St. Benedict Monastery, Garden Room
Cost: $15, registration required
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Souper Book Swap
January 13
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Enjoy an amazing array of delicious homemade soups and breads, topped off with mouth-watering desserts, then browse through hundreds of gently used books selling for $1.00 hard cover or $0.50 paperback. This annual fundraiser was started years ago by Dr. Barbara Behan to support the Neighborhood Art House Hooked on Books and Literary Arts program.
For more information contact Sister Annette Marshall at the Art House:
email or call 814-455-5508. Download a flier
here.
Date: Friday, January 13
Time: 11:30 a.m.
Location: Mercyhurst University - Student Union
Cost: $5 donation
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Play Pickleball™
Call for schedule
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Playing Pickleball® at SBCC is different than playing it anywhere else in the city. We are Erie's only Benedictine gym and being Benedictine means hospitality is one of our top priorities. Your friends, co-workers and family members will enjoy the friendly, unintimidating and even intimate setting of our facility that larger gyms and clubs simply can't offer. We offer you:
- Two courts with seamless, cushioned flooring that is gentle on joints
- Court times Monday to Saturday, mornings and evenings
- Memberships and discount cards available
- Free use of equipment (paddles and balls)
- Free lesson on your first visit
- Private bookings available
Click here for more information or call Sister Dianne Sabol, Director, 814-459-2406, to schedule court times.
Location: St. Benedict Community Center, 320 East 10th Street, Erie
Cost: Fees vary for regular court times
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Spiritual Direction available
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Spiritual Direction, sometimes referred to as spiritual guidance or spiritual friendship, is an on-going relationship in which one person (the directee), wanting to be attentive to his or her spiritual life, meets with another person (the director) on a regular basis, specifically for the purpose of becoming more attuned to God's presence in order to respond more fully to that presence in all of life. The primary focus of the session is the directee's relationship with God as it is reflected and challenged by all aspects of that person's life.
Visit our Spirituality Page to learn about and/or contact our sisters who are Certified Spiritual Directors. Click here.
Suggested offering is $30/session.
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Guest Accommodations available
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One of the greatest gifts monastics can offer is their monastery as a place of prayer and peace, community and care, welcome and hospitality. In doing so monastics take to heart what Benedict advocates: the monastery is a dwelling where guests are to be cherished and respected, where hearts overflow "with the inexpressible delight of love." -Prologue, Rule of Benedict
Come for a week, a weekend, or a single overnight.
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