Mount Saint Benedict Monastery
620 Summit Ave.
Crookston MN 56716-2799
Phone: 218-281-3441
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From the first time you feel compelled to explore life in total service to God, your questions will outweigh the answers. As you search, your sisters in Christ at Mount Saint Benedict will help you find the answers you are looking for.
Your path to sisterhood is an extensive and thoughtful one that includes these phases:
We’ll help you find the answers. This phase of sisterhood is a two-way discernment process, where we spend some time together and explore your life in service to God.
You’ll spend a six-month period living in the community, reflecting on your upcoming decision, taking classes, accepting work assignments and getting to know the sisters. Think of it as "getting to know you" on the part of both the community and yourself.
The next six months to a year is a period of intense spiritual formation. You’ll participate in the life of the community. You’ll become acquainted with the activities of the monastery to get well-rounded experience. You’ll also take classes on scripture, liturgy, the Rule of Saint Benedict, lectio divina and other subject areas.
Spend the next three to six years as a committed member of Mount Saint Benedict Monastery
When you feel this statement with your heart and soul and mind, you are ready to profess your lifelong commitment to the monastic life. Once you make your final monastic profession, you fully participate in the community and its work.
