The Benedictine Sisters hosted a prayer service for immigrant and suffering families Sat. July 14, 2018. Watch it here.

Sister Norberta Vandersnick, OSB, 1927-2018 died July 7, 2018.

Sister Charlotte Sonneville shares her own song of praise to the Lord, using the Virgin Mary's Magnificat as her guide.

We invite you to join us Saturday, July 14 to pray for justice for suffering families.

Sisters Claudia Scharf and Stefanie MacDonald were among 600 people protesting the separation of children from parents.

A volunteer at the Benedictine Sisters St. Mary Monastery, Rock Island, shares her experience helping around the house, spending time with our elders and working with at least one of us on our poetry.

Sister Mary Jane Wallace shares her thoughts as she meets her cousin for the first time.

Hospitality is a key value of Benedictine life, and encounter is the act that begins it. Sister Stefanie MacDonald shares thoughts from her hermitage as she makes her retreat at Christ in the Wilderness in Illinois.

Sister Mary Core, OSB says change is another word for “life.” In Benedictine life, it's called conversatio ... and it means to open ourselves to becoming more like Jesus.

As Sister Marianne Burkhard retires from canon law ministry, she shares some thoughts about her work at the Peoria Diocesan Marriage Tribunal.

Rock Island Benedictine Oblate Jan Gull reviews Michael Rock's book, St. Benedict's Guide to Improving Your Work Life.

The Benedictine Oblates of St. Mary Monastery, Rock Island, share some spiritually uplifting book suggestions.

Sister Rose Joseph Kennebeck died May 15 in her beloved St. Mary Monastery, Rock Island. Here's her obituary.

Catholic Benedictine Sister Catherine Cleary says Pentecost calls us to a new beginning, where fear gives way to faith, and timidity to bold proclamation.

Challenges will come in all our lives. We will face difficult times. What’s important is how we respond to them; how we choose to live through them. Benedictine Sister Stefanie MacDonald shares her thoughts.

Enjoy some spring photos from around the Catholic Benedictine Sisters' grounds in Rock Island, IL.

Spring rebirth awakens our senses to heaven, but it is here and now, says Benedictine Sister Mary Schmidt of Rock Island, IL.

The Catholic Benedictine Sisters of Rock Island, IL say living a creative life matters to body, mind and spirit. Here's how they do it ... and suggest you might, too.

Read how friends of the Benedictine Sisters have witnessed the Benedictine version of Christ's love in action.