2013 Highlights

President of the Federation

Glenna Smith, OSB  President

Federation of St. Scholastica

9535 Linton Hall Road

Bristow, VA 21307

703-361-7028


 

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The Federation of Saint Scholastica, comprised of 20 Monasteries of
Benedictine Women, was established on February 25, 1922.

Saint Scholastica Monastery, Boerne Texas Postulates Prioress

Bernadine Reyes, OSB Prioress Boerne Texas, Sr. Cecilia Dwyer, OSB, Prioress Bristow VA, and Sr. Glenna Smith, OSB Federation President
Sister Bernadine Reyes, OSB, St. Scholastica Monastery, Boerne, Texas was postulated by her sisters Saturday, April 13, 2013 to serve as Prioress for the next five years. She first began her ministry as Prioress in 2001.  The election discernment was facilitated by Sister Cecilia Dwyer, Prioress, Saint Benedict Monastery, Bristow, VA.
Election of Council Members also took place April 13th. (more- News)

Saint Joseph Monastery, Tulsa OK Re-elect Prioress

Sr. Anne Shepard, Prioress Atchison KS, Sr. Christine Ereiser, Prioress(re-elected) Tulsa OK, and Sr. Glenna Smith, President of the Federation of St. Scholastica

Sister Christine Ereiser, OSB, was re-elected this morning at Saint Joseph Monastery, Tulsa, OK, to serve as Prioress for a second term of 6-years. Sister Anne Shepard, OSB, Prioress, Mount St. Scholastica Monastery facilitated the discernment process.
Election of Council Members also took place on Saturday, April 13th. (Read more-News)

CBP: Releases Immigration Statement

We, the Conference of Benedictine Prioresses, join our voices with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), with the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), with Network, and with the bipartisan legislative effort to create a comprehensive immigration reform. 

Context
As immigrants themselves, our Benedictine foremothers understood the needs of immigrants coming to this country.  They served well and nurtured faith in this new land. In our time of numerous migrations, we acknowledge the rich contribution made by immigrant people and decry the unjust treatment they are too often compelled to endure. (Read more - News)

Conference of Benedictine Prioresses Elect New President

Sr. Patricia Crowley, OSB, Prioress of St. Scholastica Monastery, Chicago IL, has been elected as President of the Conference of Benedictine Prioresses (2013-2017). Benedictine Prioresses elected Sr. Patricia at their annual conference.  The Conference took place on January 31st to February 5th, at the Redemptorist Renewal Center in Tucson, Arizona. ( Read more - News)

Federation Presidents and Council Members plan for the "Future"

Our Lady of Grace Monastery, Beech Grove, IN - Facilitated by Donna Fyffe

Message from the President

The Federation of St. Scholastica has a proud history of preservng the legacy of Benedictine monasticism as lived in its memeber communities.  The twenty Benedictine communities of the Federation animate and extend the values of monasticism in their local geographic area and in the universal Church.  The Federation provides opportunities for collaboration and cooperation among and between the communities and in the larger Benedictine family.  We face the challenges of the present as we forge a heritage to pass on to future generations.  The Federation is at the service of communities living the Benedictine tradition in ways that speak to our time in history. With that "good zeal"(RB:72) of Benedict we journey together.