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Justice for Immigrants
Prayer Vigil
January 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: 2nd and State Streets, Erie
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Souper Book Swap
January 13
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Enjoy an amazing array of delicious homemade soups and breads, topped off with mouth-watering desserts, then browse through hundreds of gently used books selling for $1.00 hard cover or $0.50 paperback. This annual fundraiser was started years ago by Dr. Barbara Behan to support the Neighborhood Art House Hooked on Books and Literary Arts program.
For more information contact Sister Annette Marshall at the Art House:
email or call 814-455-5508. Download a flier
here.
Date: Friday, January 13
Time: 11:30 a.m.
Location: Mercyhurst University - Student Union
Cost: $5 donation
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Stillpoint Contemplative Retreat Day
January 14
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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 the monastery grounds.
Email Sister Margaret Zeller for a registration form.
Date: Saturday, January 14
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Location: Glinodo Center, 6270 E Lake Rd
Cost: $15, registration required
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NEW for 2017
Mid-Life/Life-Long Retreats
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Registration open for 2017 retreats:
May 5-7
September 8-10
October 6-8
Register now
for a weekend experience and refocus in the midst of life's changes with a Mid-Life/Life-Long Retreat that:
- 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/Life-Long consultant, for more information: 814- 899-0614 or email.
Date: May 5-7
Location: Mount St. Benedict Monastery
Recommended donation $250 resident; $175 commuter
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Play Pickleball™
Call for schedule
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Playing Pickleball® at SBCC is different than playing it anywhere else in the city. We are Erie's only Benedictine gym and being Benedictine means hospitality is one of our top priorities. Your friends, co-workers and family members will enjoy the friendly, unintimidating and even intimate setting of our facility that larger gyms and clubs simply can't offer. We offer you:
- Two courts with seamless, cushioned flooring that is gentle on joints
- Court times Monday to Saturday, mornings and evenings
- Memberships and discount cards available
- Free use of equipment (paddles and balls)
- Free lesson on your first visit
- Private bookings available
Click here for more information or call Sister Dianne Sabol, Director, 814-459-2406, to schedule court times.
Location: St. Benedict Community Center, 320 East 10th Street, Erie
Cost: Fees vary for regular court times
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Spiritual Direction 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), wanting to be attentive to his or her spiritual life, meets with another person (the director) on a regular basis, 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.
Visit our Spirituality Page to learn about and/or contact our sisters who are Certified Spiritual Directors. Click here.
Suggested offering is $30/session.
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Guest Accommodations 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
Come for a week, a weekend, or a single overnight.
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