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We Live, Pray, and Grow Together
We are Simply Benedictine
Gift Shop
Our gift shop offers a wide variety of books, gifts, cards, and inspirational items for every liturgical season. You can also shop online from home day & night!
Benedictine Bakery
The Bake Sale at St. Scholastica Monastery will be
Saturday, December 13th from 8 am to 4 pm
Our Mission
Seeking God in our life together and enlivened by daily prayer, we, the Benedictine Sisters of St. Scholastica Monastery in Fort Smith, Arkansas, respond to the needs of the people of God in a spirit of hospitality, simplicity, and reverence for one another and all creation.
St. Scholastica Prayer Requests
If you have a special intention, please let the Benedictine Sisters of St. Scholastica Monastery know by filling out this online prayer request form. Your intention will not be listed online, but will be placed on the monastery prayer board. Each sister checks the bulletin board daily and remembers those prayer requests in her personal prayer time.
Stand by the roads and look, ask for the ancient path, which the way to good. Walk on it and find rest for your soul.
Jeremiah 6:16
Weekly Reflection
St. Scholastica Monastery
A Community of Benedictine Sisters in Fort Smith, AR
Ways To Help
We at St. Scholastica Monastery are grateful for everything you, as our contributors, do for us. You can contribute to St. Scholastica by prayer, participation, volunteering and donations.
The Journey
Take the first step. If you are interested in our community, we invite you to contact us.
Stories
Everyone has a story to tell. Listen to the vocation stories of some of our Benedictine Sisters.
Come & See
Ever wonder what monastic life is like? Come and discover the possibility of all that monastic life has to offer!
Is This Your Calling?
From the Pen of Sister Laura Cathcart
What is the Lesson of Thanksgiving?
What do we really mean when we say we are “thankful”, “grateful” , and “blessed”? “Have a blessed day,” rolls easily off the tongues of many these days. But has it, too, become just part of the societal norm? In an article written online for The Patriot Ledger, the Rev. Tim Schenck tells the story…
Hesychia House of Prayer
Hesychia House of Prayer is nestled among the Ozark Mountains in New Blaine, Arkansas. The sisters who staff it live a life of prayer and work and offer hospitality to adults of any faith who are seeking quiet time alone with God.
To reserve a reservation for a hermitage please email us at [email protected] or call or text us at (479) 938-7375.