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Refer back to this email all month with a simple click on our website. Look for this button in the
left column of our home page, eriebenedictines.org. A click will give you all the coming events you find here.
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Justice for Immigrants
Prayer Vigil
May 6
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Join us for a  30 minute vigil to pray that a just law will be passed for the 11.5 million undocumented immigrants in the United States.
Location: Federal Building, 6th and State Streets, Erie
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Confirmation Retreat for All of Us at Pentecost
Eldred, PA
May 15
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Sister Anne McCarthy explains, "This is not a reliving of our own experience of the sacrament of Confirmation, but an entering into a prayer reflection with the sacrament in this moment of our lives."
For more information or to register, contact Sister Phyllis Schleicher, Catholic Rural Ministry of Potter and McKean Counties, 814-544-8017, or email.
Download a flier here.
Date: Sunday, May 15
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Location: St. Raphael Parish Coleman Center, 16 First Street, Eldred, PA
Cost: Donations are welcome
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Stillpoint Contemplative Retreat Day
May 21
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The Stillpoint Contemplative Retreat Day is silent and includes eight sitting sessions with chanting, contemplative walking and teachings. Dress comfortably and bring your own lunch. Coffee and tea provided. You'll have a chance to enjoy a quiet walk outdoors on woodland trails that wind through Glinodo's lakefront grounds.
Mark the next Stillpoint dates on your calendar now: June 11, August 20, September 24, October 22, November 19 and December 10
Email Sister Margaret Zeller for a registration form.
Date: Saturday, May 21
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Location: Glinodo Conference Center,
6270 East Lake Road, Erie
Cost: $15, registration required
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SBA Annual Spring Luncheon
May 21
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This is the Annual Spring Luncheon, a perfect addition to those SBA classes celebrating reunions or for classes simply wishing to get together.
For more information contact Ann Comstock, 814-899-0614 ext. 2573 or
email.
Date: Saturday, May 21
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Location: Ambassador Conference Center, Erie
Cost: $25
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Monthly Book Discussion
May 23
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Join a monthly book discussion at The Writng Studio. Participants are asked to bring a book they are currently reading or have read, share an excerpt and tell why they chose the book. If you'd like to join the group, contact
Janice Etchison
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This book discussion usually takes place on the last Monday of each month.
Visit our new website: The Writing Studio
Date: Monday, May 23
Time: 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.
Location: The Writer's Studio at Saint Mary's: Space to Create, 310 East Tenth Street, Erie, enter at rear
Cost: Small donation to cover snack and beverage costs
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Benedictines for Peace Speaker:
Sister Helen Prejean
May 25
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 Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ, who has been instrumental in sparking national dialogue on the death penalty and helping to shape the Catholic Church's newly vigorous opposition to state executions, will present "Dead Man Walking: The Journey Continues" as the 2016 BFP Speaker.
A request to become a pen pal to a Louisiana death row inmate in 1981 marked the beginning of Sister Helen's campaign against the death penalty. This experience also led to her first book, Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty.
Date: Wednesday, May 25
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Mount St. Benedict Monastery
Cost: Free will offering will be accepted
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9th Annual Art & Sole Run/Walk
Register Now
June 11
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The 9th Annual Art & Sole 5k Run/Walk benefits the children who attend free programs at the Neighborhood Art House.
Click here
for more information or to register.
REMINDER: Register by May 23 to guarantee your Performance Long Sleeve Tee and qualify for lower registration fees.
For more information contact Sister Annette Marshall, 814-455-5508 or email.
Date: Saturday, June 11
Time: Registration 7:45-8:45 a.m.
Race starts at 9:00 a.m.
Location: Neighborhood Art House,
201 East 10th Street, Erie
Cost: $20 adult, $10 child
AFTER MAY 23: $25 adult, $12 child
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SBA Class of 1976 40 Year Reunion
June 11
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Class of '76 come celebrate with a buffet dinner and cash bar. For more information, email
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Stay up-to-date by checking our SBA Alum website regularly.
Click here.
Date: Saturday, June 11
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Location: Lawrence Park Golf Club
3700 E Lake Rd, Erie
Cost: $30 per person
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God Speaks in Many Tongues Online Retreat
June 13
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Are you ready for a retreat, but have trouble fitting it into your schedule? God Speaks in Many Tongues, an individual retreat, is designed to be used on a schedule that works for you. It can be done over one day, over several days, or even over a week. You will receive all the pieces; you make it work for you. Based on the writing of Joan Chittister, it includes prayer experiences from Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Hindu and Native American traditions, presented by Erie Benedictine Anne McCarthy.
Date: Available beginning June 13
Cost: $25
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Spiritual Direction always available
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Spiritual Direction, sometimes referred to as spiritual guidance or spiritual friendship, is an on-going relationship in which one person (the directee), desirous of being attentive to his or her spiritual life, meets with another person (the director) on a regular basis (approximately once a month), specifically for the purpose of becoming more attuned to God's Presence in order to respond more fully to that Presence in all of life. The primary focus of the session is the directee's relationship with God as it is reflected and challenged by all aspects of that person's life. Contact Rosanne Loneck, OSB, certified Spiritual Director, 814-899-0614 or click here to email.
Suggested offering is $30/session.
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Guest Accommodations always available
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One of the greatest gifts monastics can offer is their monastery as a place of prayer and peace, community and care, welcome and hospitality. In doing so monastics take to heart what Benedict advocates: the monastery is a dwelling where guests are to be cherished and respected, where hearts overflow "with the inexpressible delight of love." -Prologue, Rule of Benedict
Springtime is beautiful at the monastery. Come for a week, a weekend, or a single overnight.
Click here for a guest registration form.
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Enrichment Series Concert: Kirill & Julia
July 3
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Performed by the husband and wife Duo Polaris, Kirill Kalmykov and Julia Haager, and inspired by their passion for travel, this program features chamber music masterpieces by the great European composers Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann and Manuel de Falla. It includes selections of Schubert's most beloved songs as well as a vocal suite by de Falla transcribed for cello and piano. Come and experience the resemblance of the cello's deep tone to the human voice and its close connection to the piano.
For more information contact Sister Stephanie Schmidt, 814-899-0614 ext. 2511 or
email.
Date: Sunday, July 3
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Mount St. Benedict Monastery Chapel
Cost: Free and open to the public
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Mid-Life/Long-Life Directions Program
September 9-11
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Sign up now for a
weekend experience and refocus in the midst of life's changes with a Mid-Life Directions Experience of Personal and Spiritual Growth for Adults.
A Mid-Life Directions Experience:
- provides time to reflect on your past
- looks at present reality and future hopes
- helps you welcome transitions and reclaim gifts
- incorporates Judeo-Christian spirituality, Jungian and developmental psychology
Click here for a downloadable registration form.
Contact Sister Rosanne Loneck, certified Mid-Life Directions consultant, for more information: 814- 899-0614 or email.
Dates: September 9-11
Location: Mount St. Benedict Monastery
Recommended donation: $250 resident; $175 commuter
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