Left to right: Foresters Dave Luther and Matt Engberg with Sr. Carol Ann Wassmuth and a Tree Farm inspector. Benedictine tradition includes the reverent care for and use of all things, so that the earth can be a healthy and enduring home for all creatures. We...
St. Martin’s, a Benedictine university and abbey in Lacey, Washington, recognized the sisters of the Monastery of St. Gertrude with the Distinguished Alumnae Award. St. Martin’s also honored the sisters for their years of service.Eight recipients were presented with...
Do you have a longing for something more? That’s the question Sister Teresa often asks people through a variety of projects and programs in which she is engaged. It is also the question that prompted her toward religious life. Sister Teresa Jackson grew up in the...
Mary Reed, Keith Petersen, and Mary Lorish Jahn with a life-size photo of sisters of the past. The Historical Museum at St. Gertrude is in the final phase of a five-year remodel project. Guiding in this effort have been husband-and-wife historians Keith Petersen and...
Prioress Sister Mary Forman (first row, second from left) recently attended the Conference of Benedictine Prioresses. The annual meeting of the Conference of Benedictine Prioresses (CBP) was held in Yankton, South Dakota, beginning January 28 through February 4,...
Artist Rachel Emenaker speaks speaks three languages. Dutch, Russian, and English all reflect her global education — from her childhood in Suriname attending a Dutch international school to spending her high school years in Moscow, Russia. It was her father’s work as...
Phoenix by EAC Alum Susan Seaman St. Hildegard of Bingen wrote, “We cannot live in a world that is not our own, in a world that is interpreted for us by others. An interpreted world is not a home. Part of the terror is to take back our own listening, to use our own...
Readings: Isaiah 9:1-6, Psalm 96; Titus 2:11-14; and Luke 2:1-14 Blessed Christmas everyone! I am go glad so many of you could join us for this special celebration commemorating our Lord’s birth. Our first reading from Isaiah speaks of a “people who walked in...
January 2, 1930 ~ December 16, 2019 “The heart is the deep center of the self where God abides.” Sister Evangela Bossert, OSB, was born into eternal life at 1:36 p.m. on December 16, 2019, in the presence of her sisters and caregivers at the Monastery of St. Gertrude...
The Idaho County Orchestra, led by Jean Melching, will perform a variety of popular and sacred Christmas music at 2 p.m. Saturday, December 28, at the Monastery of St. Gertrude chapel. Included in the program will be ensembles within the group. The title of the...
