Find Your Perfect Christmas!
A Week of Celebration Including Silent Auction Saturday December 6 through Saturday December 13, 2025 Find your perfect Christmas by attending our week-long celebration. Christmas at the Monastery has been in existence for over 20 years. This annual series of events is our signature fundraiser, designed to feel like a warm visit with your family […]
Valiant Women: Sister Rose Alice Althoff, OSB
Sister Rose Alice Althoff, OSB holds a significant place in the history of St. Paul’s Monastery as a woman of intellectual strength, steady leadership, and deep Benedictine fidelity through times of profound change. Born in Mooreton, North Dakota, Sister Rose Alice entered St. Benedict’s in 1933 after one year of public high school. She graduated […]
Leaven of Peace and Signs of Hope
On February 2, 2026, Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass on the 30th World Day for Consecrated Life praising “consecrated men and women for living out their steadfast faith even in the most difficult of circumstances and invited them to be leavens of peace and signs of hope.” The World Day for Consecrated Life was established […]
Sister Linda Answers the Call
A Benedictine Sister as a Ramsey County Sheriff Chaplain Years ago, Sister Linda Soler first felt the quiet nudge toward police chaplaincy. At the time, her response was simple and honest: I am not feeling called. The calling came periodically after that, but the call never quite settled. Until this year after some […]
Benedictine Prioresses: New Paths Forward
In late January, Sister Catherine Nehotte, OSB, traveled from St. Paul, Minnesota, to Baltimore, Maryland, to attend the annual Conference of Benedictine Prioresses (CBP), held January 29–February 3, 2026, at the Maritime Conference Center. This yearly gathering brings together leaders of Benedictine women’s communities for prayer, collaboration, and shared reflection. This year, 40 prioresses, administrators, […]
Beauty That Holds the Heavens
A Benedictine Reflection on “God Who Stretched the Spangled Heavens” At first glance, God Who Stretched the Spangled Heavens seems to swirl rather than settle. Color moves in arcs and currents—fiery golds and reds, deep blues and greens—suggesting a universe in motion, alive with energy and mystery. There is no single fixed point, no clear edge where the […]
Saint Scholastica Honoree 2026: Kami Pohl, OblSB
Kami Pohl has been faithfully serving St. Paul’s Monastery as a Spiritual Director in the Benedictine Center since 2017. She expanded her role in 2021 to serve as Co-Director of Oblate Initial Formation program. Kami attended the School of Lectio Divina at the Benedictine Center in 2019 and worked with Sister Virginia Matter, who served […]
SoulCollage® is Back:
Two February Offerings An Invitation to Prayerful Creativity at St. Paul’s Monastery In the Benedictine tradition, we believe that God speaks not only through words, but also through silence, symbol, and the gentle movements of the heart. One of the enduring invitations of monastic life is to listen deeply to God, to one another, and […]
Discover Poetry as a Pathway:
Pause, Reflect, and Renew Poetic MedicineSaturday, February 7, 2:00-3:30pm Sunday March 8, 2:00-3:30pm On Saturday, February 7 and Sunday, March 8 from 2:00-3:30pm (You can attend one or both.), you are invited into a welcoming creative circle where poetry becomes a pathway toward pausing, reflecting, and creating renewal — no prior experience or writing background […]
Benedictine Pathways Toward Christian Unity
Benedictine Pathways Toward Christian Unity—Lived at St. Paul’s Monastery Each year, the Week of Christian Unity invites Christians across traditions to pause, pray, and recommit themselves to the unity for which Christ prayed: “that they may all be one.” While doctrinal differences and historical divisions remain real, this week reminds us that unity is not […]
A New Year Invitation
Tend Your Spirit at the Benedictine Center As a new year begins, many of us feel a quiet longing—to slow down, to breathe more deeply, and to tend to the inner life that so often gets pushed aside. The Benedictine Center at St. Paul’s Monastery offers a warm and welcoming invitation to make space for […]