Mount Saint Benedict Monastery
620 Summit Ave.
Crookston MN 56716-2799

Phone: 218-281-3441

 

How you can help > Challenges

The Sisters of Saint Benedict face challenges to their ability to sustain themselves financially. Following are facts about the monastic community.

• The Sisters of Saint Benedict total 89 members.
• Their median age is 79 years, and their average age is 79 years.
• 14 sisters are in full-time salaried ministry.
• 7 sisters are in part-time salaried ministry.
• 25 sisters are in ministry positions but are unsalaried.
• 43 sisters are retired.

Present Challenges

• Recruiting new members to the monastic community,
• Providing for the continued spiritual and educational growth of the sisters,
• Involving others ecumentically in the life and ministries of the sisters,
• Implementing technological advances,
• Developing, facilitating and implementing a strategic plan, and
• Providing for the needs of our retired sisters.

 

Future Challenges

Endowment for:

• Ministry support services:
• Mount Saint Benedict Center
• Spiritual growth programs
• Sunrise Center for Children and Families
• Dental services for low income people
• Chatity Fund
• Programs to assist the needy
• Education of sisters
• Contributed services of sisters
• Administrative support for the monastery and its ministries
• Support for sisters' retirement
• Programs to promote good stewardship of the land
• Maintenance of facilities

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