Benedictine Sisters of FL

Holy Name Monastery
Founded 1889

Prayer

Prayer Service for Christian Unity

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The Benedictine Sisters of Florida invite you to a Prayer Service for Christian Unity on Wednesday, January 24, 2024 at 7p.m.

The theme this year for the traditional Week of Prayer for Unity is based on Luke’s Gospel 10:27 “You shall love the Lord your God…and your neighbor as yourself.”

The service will include congregational singing and Scriptural based prayers, the spoken Word and time for reflection.

Social, refreshments and tours of the monastery will be offered following the service.

 

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Sisters Celebrate at Jubilee Mass

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Bishop Parkes Expresses Gratitude and Love for Religious Men and Women

Bishop Gregory Parkes celebrated the annual Religious Jubilee Mass at the Cathedral of St. Jude the Apostle on November 4, 2023. This tradition brings together representatives from the many religious communities that serve in the Diocese of St. Petersburg.

Celebrating 25 Years are Sister Eileen Dunbar and Sister Jean Abbott.

Click on the link below for the article and pictures.

https://gulfcoastcatholic.org/bishop-parkes-expresses-gratitude-and-love-religious-men-and-women

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We Have a Match!

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We Have a Match – a $37,500 Match!

Our dear friend and loyal donor, John Picciano, loves the idea of helping the Benedictine Sisters of Florida through the formation of Giving Circles.  He has pledged to match dollar-for-dollar every donation on Giving Tuesday up to $37,500.  That means for example that your $50 donation becomes a $100 donation.

Mr. Picciano makes this substantial pledge as encouragement for our donors to put together a Giving Circle of their friends and family.  Just imagine (“the pebble in the pond”) what that could do to your Giving Circle group!

Form your Giving Circle now in readiness of Giving Tuesday and begin a worthy tradition of giving that can be part of your legacy!

God’s blessings to Mr. Picciano and

all the Givers in the world!

 

Options to Give:

1.  By Mail:

  • Send a check to the Benedictine Sisters of Florida postmarked by Nov. 28th
  • PO Box 2450, St. Leo, FL 33574-2450
  • Be sure to include your group’s name on the memo line along with “Giving Tuesday”
  1. Online:
  • Go to our website: benedictinesistersoffl.org
  • Click on the “Donate Now” button at the top of the page
  • Fill-in the form and designate your donation for “Giving Tuesday”
  • You can fill-in the “dedicated to” box with the name of your group

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St. Benedict Feast Day

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Today we Benedictine will celebrate the summer feast of St. Benedict.  Our nearby neighbor, Saint Leo University will be hosting a BBQ lunch for the monks of Saint Leo Abbey, the university staff and us, the Sisters of Holy Name Monastery.  What a grand way to celebrate our legacy and Benedictine values.

Now, those of you who follow the calendar of the saints may question did we not celebrated St. Benedict back in March?  Yes, the very same one, the twin of St. Scholastica.  You see that date usually falls during Lent when the church does not smile on a grandiose celebration with Alleluias and full festivity.  In 1981, reaffirmed in 1989, the Council of Benedictine Abbots decreed that July 11th henceforth be celebrated as the Feast of Benedict, Patriarch of Western Monasticism.

 

~Sister Roberta Bailey, OSB, Prioress

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