(CLYDE, Mo.) – Benedictine Sister of Perpetual Adoration Lynn Marie D’Souza, OSB never expected to find herself in the role of prioress general for the congregation. So when the votes were counted during the 18th General Chapter in August and her Sisters chose her to serve as prioress general for the next six years, her…
Photo credit: Sister Nicole Kunze, OSB The Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in Clyde, Missouri, conducted their 18th General Chapter in August. Convened every six years, the weeklong General Chapter is a sacred time of prayer, discernment and decision-making as they consider their future service to the Church and to the world. After months of…
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen will be beatified at a Mass in September in St. Louis, and the Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in Clyde, Missouri, are playing a small part in the celebration. Archbishop Sheen, who died in 1979, was one of the most recognizable Catholic figures of the 20th century. He hosted “The Catholic…
On April 16, the Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration gathered to honor a remarkable milestone – the 60th jubilee of monastic profession for Sister Hildegard Zerwas, OSB. Born in Germany, Sister Hildegard felt the call to religious life at a young age, entering the Benedictine Sisters in 1963 at just 20 years old. She made…
Several members of the Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration recently attended a regional workshop sponsored by the Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious on March 7 at St. James Catholic Church in St. Joseph, Missouri. The event featured Mother Mary Christa Nutt, RSM who presented “Free for Christ: Religious Obedience and Thomistic Moral Theology,”…
The Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration will host an in-person Monastic Experience May 1-3 at the congregation’s monastery in Clyde, Missouri. The event provides those discerning religious life the opportunity to experience the daily rhythm of Benedictine contemplative monastic life. Participants will sing the divine office with the Benedictine Sisters, attend daily Mass, spend time…
When Sister Nancy Rose Gucwa, OSB, returned to the United States Military Academy in early February, she carried with her both the steady bearing of a West Point graduate and the quiet joy of a Benedictine Sister of Perpetual Adoration. A member of the first class at West Point to admit women, Sister Nancy Rose…
The Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration have announced this year’s dates for their Monastic Experiences hosted at their monastery in Clyde, Missouri. The Sisters will host four in-person Monastic Experiences: Feb. 27 – March 1, May 1 – 3, June 26-28 and Oct. 30 – Nov 1 (All Saints Monastic Experience). The monastic experiences are…
Benedictine Sister of Perpetual Adoration Mary Laurentia Doyle, OSB died on Nov. 21 in Clyde, Missouri. Alice Marguerite Doyle was born on July 31, 1932, in Ironwood, Michigan. She was the youngest of six children – four boys and two girls – born to Florence Elizabeth (Dickensen) and John Arthur Doyle. Her father was a…
The Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration hosted their inaugural Called To Be Saints Retreat Nov. 14-16, welcoming 10 wonderful women from Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota and Texas. The retreatants shared how much they appreciated the quiet beauty of the Adoration Chapel and the gift of praying Mass and the Liturgy of the Hours alongside…