The Benedictine Sisters of Erie will have a solar eclipse evening prayer Sunday night, an eclipse retreat Monday morning, and they’ll have their Glinodo space open for people to watch the eclipse.
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Benedictine Sr. Mary Lou Kownacki, a major force behind the ministries and outreach that shaped the Benedictines of Erie, Pennsylvania, in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, died Jan. 6 at age 80.
Monastic traditions including stability, silence, community, hospitality, love of learning and continual growth are becoming attractive especially to non-religious Millennials.
When Judith Valente, a Benedictine oblate, leads contemplative retreats both online and in monasteries around the country, she has been noticing that laypeople whether Catholic or spiritual-but-not-religious, married or unmarried, male or female outnumber the monks and sisters about three to one.