Benedictine Sisters of St. Emma Monastery: A Day in the Life

A Day in the Life of Sister Maria Johanna, OSB from the Benedictine Sisters of St. Emma Monastery. Learn more about their community at stemma.org. Discerning religious life? Visit vocationsoutre... for resources, including our discernment mentorship program!

[@charlesmichael9188]

The latest woman to receive the habit is v e r y brave. Only 4 sisters in the community. The other 3 much older. I pray for their success. God bless.

[@lisawhitehead7587]

Beautiful Sister. I am a Benedictine Oblate. Praying 🙏 for you and your community.

[@LS-ei7xk]

I am too, Lisa...Hi! I know who and where they are, but I don't have any way to go there to visit. Greensburg PA. Maybe some day (I'm too old to join up).

[@preciouseileen9375]

iit is good to see that humour is spoken of in convents and monastries because it expresses the jovial nature of God reflected in ourselves

[@johnmichaelreyes911]

Love the paschal candles

[@paulettequarie7802]

I admire nuns they are hardworking and dedicated to God. We pray for nuns.paulette quarie

[@elainebyers7019]

Ah..a sister in her habit..a Beautiful site to see!!!

[@lorraineokie2054]

I am Benedictine Oblate Our Lady Guadalupe Pecos Arizona 1996. I am distraught that the Monetary dissolved Dual Monastery Abbott David was Open to HOLY SPIRIT RENEWAL . School Spiritual Direction was foundation for Life in global shift into Modernism . Come Back Holy Spirit Renew your People again . Renew your Sons and daughters again .

[@ede-jomadden8182]

what don't you do, Sister!

[@ginterka381996]

They should return to traditional teaching and Tridentine Mass.

[@rhodiusscrolls3080]

Who should? The Pope has made them difficult to ever say. Mother Angelica had her priests say a hybrid nonsense rite that at times sounded as if Tom Lehrer had been priested. Theres no beauty and nothing but fustian obsession with faith peripheral in all that they do and say. Rodgers and Hammerstein have overtaken the gospel and the worst interpretation of being the bride of Christ is nurtured in their distraction. The idea that these people should teach or teach anything of the faith is beyond me. I would not want any more women deceived by them.

[@LS-ei7xk]

@@rhodiusscrolls3080 I once wrote EWTN about a Mass in which I was wondering why they were doing the 1st Vespers Gospel antiphon instead of 2nd (or something like that-- hard to remember), and they said they were directed by Benedictines! Go figure. But now I watch Mass on You Tube, when I can't attend in person. I don't care if it's Tridentine or Novus Ordo... more interested if I have a personal connection with the parish or what the music is like. I do like your descriptions! Do you write other than on You Tube? Very amusing!

[@rhodiusscrolls3080]

@@LS-ei7xk Hi somehow I think.the moon of lunacy that was EWTN may have waned. I wrote a letter of complaint to the Vaticsn.about the nun cslled Rosalyn.Mosse but she is still.at.large away from.the station. We are in the doldums as far as Latin..liturgy and Roman rites are concerned. EWtN was simply nor right and you cannot set up on your own and spout nonsense as the Mother When I saw her addressing a shepherd figurine as if it were Jesus I knew the screws were loose The men who ran the Youth programme one had sold weapons for a living and the other saw no difference between singing hymns and teaching boys Nazi anthems translated There were so.many right wing nutcases as well as Mitch Pacwa who was like a clerical cowboy and something to do with Maronites as well. He simply talked too much like too many on this unfortunate piece of Catholic history

[@modvs1]

So they have to abstain from toothpaste as well?

[@ginterka381996]

??

[@diannerussell9653]

Holy Mary Mother Of God, was the sister wearing lipstick. I pray to God that I am mistaken.

[@rhodiusscrolls3080]

Yeah monks with expensive wristwatches too and Mother altered her habit design more than enough times The miniature monstrances worst trinkets imaginable. The youth ran a show from a coffee shop where they put a tabernacle. That is confused thinking and verges on blasphemy.Maybe convert Cavins knew no better.