Feast of St. Scholastica Tea
The Sisters celebrated the feast of St. Scholastica on February 10, 2026, with a tea party. Special guests Mike Jones, his wife Nan, and their granddaughters attended a beautifully decorated tea. Jones and his wife…
St. Scholastica Academy Alumnae Peggy Konert Book Reading
Alumna Peggy Konert visited the monastery to discuss her book The Holy Ghost and a Shine of Coal. Inspired by stories and her own experiences, Konert writes the story of young June Ellen in a…
Lenten Meditation
February is full of feasts, and begins, too, a time for us to fast. One of the original meanings in the prehistoric Germanic language of the word fast was to “hold oneself to observance (https://www.etymonline.com/word/fast).…
Oblates of St. Scholastica Monastery
by TERRY BAKER, GUEST WRITER In the age of fast paced technology, never-ending changes and stresses, of broken relationships and society’s constant clamor, there is a place of refuge. There is a place of quiet…
Annual St. Scho Bake Sale a Success
When the doors of the monastery opened on December 13, 2025, a rush of people flooded in through the entryway and into the brightly decorated area full of tables loaded with jams, jars of pickled…
“Horizons” November 2025 Posted
You can read it here: November 2025
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year?
“The most wonderful time of the year” is often considered not so wonderful. Complaints abound about the commercialism of the season, all the while participating in it through ‘necessary’ attendance of office parties, neighbor and…
Annual Appeals Letter
The Sisters have released their annual appeal letter where they outline their thankfulness for their supporters and the projects they look forward to completing in 2026. Read it Here.
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…
What do you prefer?
On Aug. 11, 2023, the Today Show Senior Food Editor Emi Boscamp published an article on the rise of the popularity of the buffet. In the report, she quoted IBIS World Research Marketing Company as…