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2010 Jubilee Celebration

The five jubilarians in the monastery garden.

Five of our Sisters celebrated jubilees this year. Standing, l to r, Sisters Callista Kaley, Joan Hentges, and Patricia Crowley, our prioress. Seated, l to r, are Sisters Amy Campbell and Mercedes Moore.

At a special celebration on July 10, the five jubilarians were honored for their many years of living their Benedictine vows. For reflections on the jubilarians click here.

Sister Mercedes Moore

Sister Mercedes Moore - 75 years
Sister Amy Campbell

Sister Amy Campbell - 70 years

Sister Joan Hentges

Sister Joan Hentges - 60 years

Sister Callista Kaley

Sister Callista Kaley - 60 years

Sister Patricia Crowley

Sister Patricia Crowley - 50 years


Community Days

Sisters Mary Benet McKinney (L) and Rosemarie Rupar.

A group of Sisters meeting.

Sister Suzanne Zuercher (standing L) receiving her commission from Sister Patricia Crowley.


Each Summer our monastic community gathers for a retreat, important meetings and the reception of individual commissions for the coming year. This year, our Sisters met in early July.



Our 16th Annual Testimonial Dinner was held in June, 2010. The event is a "friend raiser" that helps support the care and ministries of the Sisters. Below are the four honorees of this year's event.

Susana Cordova

Susana Cordova received the Spirit of Benedictine Hospitality Award.

Katherine and Albert Gehrke

Katherine and Albert Gehrke received the Spirit of Benedict Award.


Father Michael Solazzo

Father Michael Solazzo, Oblate, received the Spirit of Scholastica Award.


These photos were taken at the dinner by Kathy Caudill and Tintype Studios, Inc. For a list of dinner and raffle sponsors click here.

Sister Mary Melady
 Sisters Joanna Trapp and Callista Kaley, (seated center), with a group from Rainbow Hospice

Sister Patricia Crowley , standing left, and friends
Alums and friends
 Development Council members and their spouses
Sister Judith Zonzius, left, and family members
Sister Jane Smith
The Gehrkes with family
Dinner Committe Chair, Mary Ann Harrington, standing third from left, with family and friends
Father Michael Solazzo, standing second from left, with friends





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Feel free to circulate the word and invite others to be our fans, too.






To read the Spring, 2010 issue
of Sacro Speco click here.

We publish a newsletter, Sacro Speco, four times a year. The title, which, in English means "Sacred Space", is named in honor of the sacred space where St. Benedict lived as a hermit in Subiaco, Italy. It was there that he grew in the wisdom and holiness that brought him to establish the Benedictine order. It is still a place of sanctuary and prayer.

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