A Message from Prioress Sister Mary Forman As I reflect on this Year of Mercy that Pope Francis has asked us to ponder, I have been asking friends and the sisters of my community, “Who is the most merciful person you have known?” Not surprisingly, the first person who...
Sister Elisa Martinez has spent the last thirty years working to provide high-risk youth and their families with alternatives to gangs, drugs and violence. Her work has taken her through dangerous streets, fractured homes, and recently, to El Salvador where she and...
“Those who are sent on a journey shall receive drawers from the wardrobe…” ~ RB 55 Monastery dressers no longer needed by the sisters were taken from storage and given to artists to be embellished and turned into works of art. With no direction except to...
The rooms in Spirit Center are named for mystics and monastics. Here is one of them. Dorothy Day was born in 1897 in Brooklyn, New York. Her father took a newspaper position in San Francisco and she witnessed the 1906 earthquake along with the subsequent...
The Monastery of St. Gertrude offers unique opportunities to experience monastic life through the Monastic Immersion Experience with focus areas in caregiving and arts. This summer, two students from Whitworth University, Katie Waltar and Kaley Alness, are...
Like many Benedictine monasteries throughout history, our monastery is striving to preserve the cultural heritage around us as well as serve a spiritual purpose. We are preserving the past for the future through our Historical Museum that is engaged in carefully...
In a triple Jubilee celebration, three sisters renewed their monastic vows on Saturday, June 11, 2016. Sister Rose Marie Nutsch and Sister Esther Velasquez celebrated their Golden Jubilees (50 years) and Sister Sue Ellen Drexler celebrated her Silver Jubilee (25...
September 11, 1924 — June 6, 2016 “I entered to do great things for the Lord and I learned that just living a religious life is a great thing.” Sister Lucy Keaney, OSB, of the Monastery of St. Gertrude was born into eternal life on June 6, 2016. She died peacefully...
July 19, 1935 — May 12, 2016 Bringing the gift of music… Sister Angela Uhlorn, OSB was born into eternal life on May 12, 2016. She died peacefully surrounded by sisters and caregivers. Sister Angela will be remembered for her service in education, music, and parish...
By the time Sister Claudia Rae Braun entered St. Gertrude’s at the age of 24, she had graduated high school as valedictorian of her class, lettering in drama, music, and sports; participated in student government and became student body president at Nezperce High...
