Archive for December 2023

The Fifth World Congress of Benedictine Oblates held in Rome September 9-16, 2023, met for the purpose of learning, listening and discussing the future of Oblates and the Benedictine family as a whole. More than 150 delegates were in attendance from countries around the world. Sharon Hammond, dean of the Benedictine Sisters’ Tucson (Arizona) Oblates, represented the…

Phoenix (Arizona) Oblates hosted a Day of Renewal with oblates from East Valley and Tucson in attendance. Highlighting the day was the ceremony of the Rite of Oblation for Deborah Crosbie, followed by Renewal of Oblation and a delicious luncheon. “It was wonderful being together for this special occasion,” Oblate Director Sister Kathleen Clare Lahl, OSB…

Several members of the Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration joined their neighbors at Conception Abbey for first Vespers of the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception on Dec. 7, which was part of the Abbey’s 150th anniversary celebration. The Sisters also enjoyed the opportunity to meet Abbot Christian Meyer, OSB of Engelberg Abbey in Switzerland. His…

Neither a pandemic nor an ocean could keep the Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration from their mission to produce low-gluten altar breads. In 2021, the Benedictine Sisters purchased a new altar bread baker from the Papini Company in Perugia, Italy, a company that specializes in manufacturing altar bread equipment. “The baker was completed by 2022…

The Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration will host Christmas Eve Mass at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 24, at their Adoration Chapel in Clyde, Missouri. For more information, please call (660) 944-2221. Please note guidelines for attending mass: – Please wear a mask indoors if you are not vaccinated and boosted.  – All conversations will take place…