Benedictine Sisters of FL

Holy Name Monastery
Founded 1889

Events

Christmas in July!

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If Virginia were to write to the Benedictine Sisters of Florida to ask the question, “Is there really a Santa Claus?”, the Sisters would respond with a resounding YES.  They would add that he lives in the hearts of the Columbiettes of St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Parish in Tampa, Florida.

On July 16, 2022, the Sisters were graced with a visit by the Columbiettes to celebrate “Christmas in July”.  The Columbiettes hosted a barbeque luncheon in the monastery dining room.   Sisters and members of the Columbiettes enjoyed getting to know one another as they ate.   Each sister received a personalized gift bag.

The Columbiettes are a witness to the loving generosity of our God.  They find joy in giving to others as St. Nicholas did so many centuries ago. May their example inspire us all to achieve ever greater heights of virtue!

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Tanzania Project

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One of the three Sisters working with our friend S. Winny to establish a K-3 school in an educational opportunity “desert” in Tanzania.  Pictured is their “classroom.”  S. Winny lived with us when she was attending Saint Leo University.  Pray for the success of the project.  Throughout the June and July our Sisters will be supporting the effort through personal contributions matched with a donation for our community resources.  You are invited to join us in this effort.

 

Periodically the Benedictine Sisters of FL solicit contributions to an almsgiving project that they have discerned to support.  During June and July, they will be making offerings from their individual allowances (ranging up to $70 monthly) to support a K-3 project in Tanzania.  We’ll be matching it with a contribution from our community collective funds.   The initiative is under the leadership of S. Winny Kalamira who resided with us when she was on scholarship at Saint Leo University.  Sister is now superior of the new community of three in an area deprived of educational opportunities.  We are proud to promote her cause.  Won’t you join us in this effort.

To make a contribution, write check payable to Benedictine Sisters of FL – note for S. Winny Project – we’ll send lump-sum donation to the project.  Or you may donate through our website (link below).  Be sure to select the  “Tanzania” designation.

www.benedictinesistersoffl.org

 

Thank you! May God bless you for your generosity.

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Aqua/Hydroponics Training

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Is summer’s heat squashing your energy?

Plan ahead for our next really cool aquaponics training in the fall.

October 17 through 21, 2022

 

Here at Holy Name Monastery in Saint Leo, Florida we have been engaged in aquaponics farming since 2015.  We have cultivated a wide variety of fresh vegetables and raised thousands of tilapia using the best farming practices of aquaponics.  Plan now to experience the thrill of growing your own food and register for this life-changing course.  You will develop skills necessary for the creation of a sustainable backyard aquaponic system, a system that will contribute greatly to your family’s well-being.  Let Aquasol help you design your healthy food future.

 

TOPICS COVERED:

Classroom:  Introduction, benefits of aquaponics, types of aquaponics, home food production, commercial, social, mission aquaponics around the world, vegetable choices, biological and natural pest control, fish biology, fish nutrition, fish selection, fish food and feeding, water quality, nitrification and nutrient availability for plants, good agricultural practices and best aquaculture practices.

 

COURSE DETAILS:

Length:  5 days with optional evening seminars

Materials:  include course manual, hands-on activities

Cost:  $990 per person

Registration:  813-600-9297 or email  don@aquasol.org

Email Don Luttrell: don@aquasol.org or click on the link below for their website.

 

www.Aquasol.org

(click on the link above)

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Update from the Benedictine community in Lviv, Ukraine

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The situation with the reception of refugees remains intense. People from the eastern regions of our country continue to arrive here and seek refuge.  Most of them managed to escape the bombardments by evacuation trains or green corridors and have already witnessed the explosions.  They are often very stressed and need to be taken care of.

On the day of the Lord’s Resurrection, there are 117 people (44 of them children) in our monastery without monks and nuns (139 in total).  We were able to increase the number of beds a little and create a more comfortable stay for them.  In total, more than five hundred people during this period asked to stay overnight or stayed at the monastery for some time.  Now we have mostly families who are permanent and don’t want to go any further.  With some of the families we developed a warm and friendly relationship, they quickly became part of our family.  At the Easter Vigil there was the Baptism of our youngest resident, Nicol Scholastica, who was only two weeks old at the time of her arrival.

Thanks to your help we can take these people in and give them everything they need, and we are infinitely grateful that you are sympathetic to our suffering and that you are close to us in such a concrete way.

The Benedictine Sisters of Florida and our donors have contributed to the refugee relief.

We thank you for your loving support to the Sisters and their missions!

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