Benedictine Sisters of Chicago 

Sister Joan Hentges, OSB, died peacefully on Sunday, May 14, 2017. She was Co-Director of the Oblates and served as the Chicago...

Sister Benita helped start the Benedictine Oblate program in 1977. Forty years later, the program has over 100 members and Sister Benita...

Sister Vivian Ivantic, left, and Sister Virginia Jung, right, sit below old photographs of the monastery. “If you don’t know history,...

People around the world will celebrate Earth Day on Saturday, April 22nd. Sister Rita Nowak, OSB serves as the Monastery Grounds...

Erica Hall just retired as the monastery chef after 34 years. Jason Treadway is just two months into his new role as chef. We decided to...

We are challenged “to stretch ourselves so that we can welcome and be hospitable to the future that is unfolding,” said Sister Patricia...

Sister Joanna Trapp, OSB, died peacefully on Friday, March 3, 2017. She is remembered for her gentle presence and her wise teaching. She...

Sister Benita (right) attended a meeting at the office of Representative Jan Schakowsky to talk about supporting immigration and other...

Sally Rynne, '52, (left) supporting the Black Lives Matter cause and her on-going work for peace. Sally (Fitzgerald) Rynne, class of ’52,...

Our dear Sister Mercedes Moore, OSB, died peacefully on Wednesday, January 25, 2017 and returned home to our loving God. Sister was a...

We are a community that supports refugees and immigrants. We remember that Jesus was once an immigrant and that as Catholics we are...

If there was someone in need, Peter Zonsius would find a way to help them. Affectionately known as "Uncle Pete," he was a parishioner and...

“If I fly to the heavens, you are there . . . " Psalm 139:8a Our dear Sister Anne Krall, OSB died peacefully on Thursday, January 5,...

It was ten years ago, October 8, 2006, that Gwen Ifill visited St. Scholastica Academy, Chicago. Every year, the Alumnae Board hosted a...

Sister Kathleen McNamara, OSB, sorts toys for migrant children in Colorado. When Sister Kathleen McNamara, OSB was ministering in...

John Velasquez once lived at our monastery and now lives in New Mexico. Here, he stands in front of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis...

Sister Sue Kilduski, OSB never thought she would become a stamp collector, but she has recently stepped into a unique ministry that has...

Sister Benita (right) meets with a representative of Senator Durbin's office to offer support for a new bill that would reform solitary...

Class of 1991 looks through their yearbook. The Cubs win on Saturday night made the 2016 St. Scholastica Academy, Chicago reunion all the...

Sister Karen Bland is being featured as one of six Catholic women religious who are making a difference in the United States, as part of...