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Mt. Angel College Alums Enjoy Very Special Reunion
Click here to see reunion photos!
Click here to read Sr. Alberta's "Some Other Characters I have Known"
Sisters Gather and Preserve the Harvest
St. Benedict's admonitions in the Rule of Benedict to "gather the harvest" and "live by the labor of your hands" have always been practiced by the Benedictine Sisters.
Sr. Mechtilde Fennimore, who is in charge of the Monastery kitchen, says there is a long history of tradition in this community of preserving food by canning, drying and freezing and this continues today. Putting it in a nutshell, we try to preserve all we can't eat (when it is fresh) by canning and freezing."
The responsibility for most of the canning at the Monastery rests with Sr. Immaculata Tuma, who is also known as an outstanding baker.more >
Sr. Maura Poublon:
1921-2009
Sister Maura Poublon died as she had lived, quietly and peacefully, in the Health Care Center at Queen of Angels Monastery on Sunday, September 27, of congestive heart failure. She had been aware for some months that her heart was failing, and she accepted the fact with calm resignation. She continued to join in community prayer and the evening meal until a few weeks before her death. more >
Jim Hoke Wins 2008 Honda Civic
Jim Hoke, owner of the Mt. Angel Sausage Company, was the happy winner of a new 2008 Honda Civic EX valued at $19,510 in the Benedictine Foundation's 15th Annual Car Raffle. The drawing was held at a reception following the Benedictine Sisters' Founders' Day Concert on Sunday, November 1, 2009 at the Sisters' Queen of Angels Monastery.
Foundation Director Steve Ritchie said, "Thanks to the continued, generous support of Beaverton Honda and Bob Lanphere's Network of Dealerships, the Foundation enjoyed another very successful raffle. This year we sold 1,095 raffle tickets, the second most ever in the raffle's 15 year-history. Most importantly, the proceeds of approximately $43,000 realized through the raffle will go directly to the Benedictine Sisters for health care and other necessities for retired Sisters, and to help the community reach out for new members." Ritchie noted that the Mr. Hoke purchased his ticket from one of the Foundation board members, Dick Hoffer, and that he said the Honda Civic was "the first thing I have ever won in my life." The raffle has generated a cumulative total of $536,000 in net proceeds since 1995. more >
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UPCOMING EVENTS
February 21:Taize Prayer Service
VOCATION EVENTS at
Queen of Angels Monastery
Feb. 18-19: Vocation Rally for 6th graders at Pius X Church, Beaverton
For more information call
503-845-6141 or 503-845-2556 or click here.
Upcoming Programs at
SHALOM PRAYER CENTER
Feb. 17: "May Our Hearts Be Moved to Repentance, Prayer & Reconciliation
Feb. 20: POH Gathering
Feb. 26-27: Understanding and Living the Beatitudes
Mar. 19-20: Go in the Peace of Christ to the World
Mar. 20: POH Gathering
Apr. 1-3: Holy Week Retreat
Apr. 9-10: Meditation Practices for Healing the Inner Child
Apr. 17: POH Gathering
Apr. 24: "Always Our Children:"
May 1: Living with God in Later Life
May 15: POH Gathering
May 22: Building the House: A Day of Reflection with Mary Oliver
May 22: With Open Hearts: Hospitality
June 5: What St. Benedict Says About Reverence
July 9-16: Women: Called to Faith and Holiness
For more information on these programs or to see the full event schedule click here.
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