In our daily life we seek balance between prayer and work, ora et labora. Only then are they real monks when they live by the work of their hands” (RB 48). In community we are happy to harvest fruits from our own garden. All help together in the evening to process the fruits… and then conclude the day together with prayer.
“Do not be afraid, for I have redeemed you, I have called you by your name, you are mine.” Is 43,1 Our dear Sr. Gotthelma (Maria) Zahnbrecher, OSB was called home to God on July 14, 2022 in Tutzing. She was born on January 28, 1925 in Unteraschau, Germany, Diocese of Munich-Freising. She offered herself to…
On July 4, the visitators M. Maoro Sye and Sr. Vania Maria Toscano moved to winterly cold Argentina to visit the two communities there. Community in Los Toldos Community in Buonos Aires Community in Buenos Aires with Oblates
Sisters with the lay mission partners in the School Academia Santa Gertrudes In the afternoon of the feast of St. Benedict Sisters Cícera, Alaíde and Isabela had a prayerful moment with the collaborators of Academia Santa Gertrudes. Right after the prayer time, snack was offered. Celebrating St. Benedict in the Priory House Community In the evening…
Happy Feast Day of St. Benedict! We celebrated the Solemnity of St. Benedict on Monday, July 11 Life of St. Benedict Life of St. Benedict according to the dialogues St. Gregory, with tapestry images made by our Sr. Liobgitha Weis, OSB ⅠBenedict receives the monastic habit.ⅡThe devil breaks the bell rope.ⅢBenedict gives back to the Goth the sickle…
Through educational actions of Colégio Imaculado Coração de Maria students were mobilised to donate food to the São Sebastião School, located in a socially vulnerable community. This activity strengthens in the students the awareness to be one human family where all are brother and sisters and the responsibility for our Common Home.
On the 25th of June, Sr. Angela, Sr. Ludwig and Sr. Tecla joined the Elderly Women Club of Zarev Brod for an excursion to the Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari near Isperih, 62 Kilometres from our town of Shumen. In a full bus of 25 people, we travelled joyfully to this famous historical location. READ MORE…
Pope Francis releases his prayer intention for the month of July, and urges everyone to pray for the elderly, so that they may be “teachers of tenderness”.
Our Oblates in Barcelona and Madrid expressed their desire to participate in the International Encounter of Benedictine Oblates, in Rome on 2023, so they requested a time of formation and preparation. Sr. Ana Maria Raca, OSB, General Secretary, was then invited to give formation on the Rule of St. Benedict, with the theme: Listening and…
