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Summer 2015St. Benedict Monastery

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

I raise my eyes toward the mountains

Psalm 121

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Monastic Women with Discerning Hearts

Benedictine Sisters of Pittsburgh

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Lyrics from two popular songs from my “growing up” era are dancing through my head. The first is, “what a difference a day (year) makes” and the second, “oh, come along with me to my little corner of the world.” What a difference a year has made! Last year about this time I was happily recruiting students and preparing a school budget as principal of Saint Teresa of Avila School. And then the discernment for election for our community resulted in a new positon for me. As prioress of the Benedictine Sisters of Pittsburgh, I now see our community as my little corner of the world. And I see myself peering into a kaleidoscope!

When viewing our community of the Benedictine Sisters of Pittsburgh, depending on the light and the angle, different images appear. In one view I see a high school guidance counselor providing direction and assistance to her students. In another I see Angels in Overalls carrying gently used furniture up three flights of steps to provide for a refugee mother of three. The red and white logo of the Salvation Army is now in sight and food and clothing is being provided for the needy, homeless folks are given shelter and children are taken on field trips. Another view sees a drug and alcohol counselor with prisoners, while phone ministry provides assistance to those recently hospitalized. College age students come into view as they prepare for their first steps into classrooms and adults are preparing for the sacraments, Scripture sharing is facilitated, and lessons in adult literacy are provided.

From another angle the hospitalized, homebound and those near death are visited, St. Vincent de Paul donations are distributed, and breakfast is served at the weekly food distribution. Creative arts flow from talented minds and hearts, parish administration is accomplished, adults seeking life paths receive direction, hospice care is fostered, and elementary education is enhanced.

And as I lay my kaleidoscope aside, I realize I am looking at our sisters in their wide variety of ministries!

We are able to be in so many places and do so many things because we are members of the Benedictine Sisters of Pittsburgh, whose mission is to serve! We are able to carry out our mission of service because we are sustained by community and prayer. Looking back into my kaleidoscope I notice an accountant, a liturgist, a health care professional, a director of guest services, and many crafters who use their talents to bring joy to others.

The forty-seven sisters who are members of our community are a gentle yet powerful group of dedicated women who realize that our life together, our “Ora et Labora,” (prayer and work) is “not about us.” But rather we are about proclaiming the Good News of the kingdom of God.

And so the journey of the Benedictine Sisters of Pittsburgh continues! The best is yet to come! Stay tuned!

From the PrioressBy Sister Karen R. Brink, OSB


Table of Contents

Wake up the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

2015 Jubilarians: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Rejoice and Be Glad

With an attitude of gratitude, . . . .10 I can face anything

SBA Dreamers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Sister Kathleen Mack

Obituaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Keep traveling, Sister!Keep Traveling!

The road is far from finished!

Nelle Katherine Morton (1905-1987) was a church activist for racial justice, a teacher of Christian educators, and, later in her life, one of the leading influences on the powerful and growing movement of women’s spirituality and feminist theology.

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Jubilarian Celebrations

July 11, 2015 75 YearsSister Kathleen MackSt. Athanasius

July 12, 2015 60 YearsSister Evelyn DettlingSister Corrine MoellerSister Norma WeigandBenedictine Sisters of Pittsburgh Monastery

August 8, 2015 50 YearsSister Karen BrinkBenedictine Sisters of Pittsburgh Monastery

Spiritual Spa Dates

Saturday, June 6, 2015Rejoice in the Spirit

Saturday, September 19, 2015TBA

Saturday, December 5, 2015 Living in Hope and Expectation (Advent)


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Sister Christine Makowski

“You would never have passed my Home-Economics class.” Sister Christine Makowski told me while laughing. She went on to describe the aprons “her girls” made, complete with ruffles along the bib. Sister Christine will turn 94 years old this May, the same year as her 65th Jubilee. Sister Christine entered the Monastery at the age of 28. At the time, she would never have believed her career would include 32 years at St. Benedict Academy, and 25 years as Building Manager for Saint Benedict Hall. Sister is soft spoken, has a sophisticated manner, and dresses with an impeccable attention to soft details. It is the same attention to details she used to make Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls for first place winners at the Saint Benedict Academy summer festivals she coordinated. While her outward appearance is true to the code of Home Economics teachers we have all known, it is her compassion, humor, strength, and iron-will that one sees in her eyes. Sister Christine is a firm believer in the power of positive thinking, Sister focuses her attention on bringing positive, fortuitous, and loving thoughts to all those around her. Her concerns, however, are for todays’ families. “The young seem so confused, so willing to do anything, as if they don’t know who they are. And, it’s the family where we learn identity, where we learn to value who we are.” When asked what advice Sister Christine would give to others, “All in all, it has been a good life. My advice is to love and enjoy one another.”

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Sister Julia Makowski

Though she “never planned on becoming a sister,” Sister Julia Makowski is celebrating her 65th year Jubilee. Sister “Julie” has always been fun-loving and gregarious. World War II was raging when Julie, only 14 years old, persuaded her brother-in-law to purchase and renovate an empty building “so the young people could have somewhere to go.” The building became the Village Grill and the location of Sister Julie’s first job. Sister Julie fondly remembers the Grill as a place where her friends and the occasional soldier who wandered in spent time, “We were all like family. It was a great place.” The daughter of a coal miner and the 2nd to the youngest of 9 children, “My family never had much, but we had each other.” Sister Julie joined the Benedictine community in her early twenties and became Sister Mary Daniel. She loved community life from the beginning and holds as her most cherished memory, her first Christmas in the monastery. “I awakened Christmas morning to the sound of the sisters singing Christmas carols as they walked through the halls of the monastery. It was the most beautiful thing I ever heard.” While at a conference in North Dakota, Sister Julie was one of the first sisters to experience Vespers being said in English rather than Latin. Her letter of excitement written to Sister Pauline at the monastery back home, and the reaction of some community members to it, personified the change of direction that was just beginning. After Vatican II, Sister Julia was also one of the first to reassume her birth name. Sister’s career includes 27 years at Nativity (which later merged with Annunciation and became Incarnation parish) where she was beloved. “My God and family led me to where I was meant to be. Here, where I am happy, and so grateful to be a part of this family.”

Sister Karen R. Brink

If one wanted to design the virtues and attributes of a little girl who would become the Prioress of the Benedictine Sisters of Pittsburgh what would she be like? Would she live in North Side, PA and have beautiful curls? A polka dot dress, a sweet and helpful disposition? Would she be kind to birds, and little animals? Would she spend quiet summer afternoons on the floor of a porch playing with dolls, or cleaning closets to help her mother? Maybe yes, maybe no. Sister Karen Brink, the Prioress of the Benedictine Sisters of Pittsburgh, will be celebrating her 50 year Jubilee on August 8, 2015, and Sister Karen was not that little girl. There were the curls and polka dots, but there was also an independence, and strength of character that are still very much a part of her today. When asked what has been her inspiration from the days of childhood to becoming Prioress, Sister Karen said, “People. Understand, I am sustained by prayer, but it is, and has always been, people. I really admire those who are dedicated and committed – work hard. They energize me.” Juggling her silver coffee mug in one hand, she runs out the door and into the rain. She is gone again. It’s Thursday morning and Sister is leaving behind any number of phone calls, letters to be written, concerns to address, all of it, to serve breakfast at the Lighthouse. It is Ministry and Sister loves it, “I have always been 100% committed to my ministries.” Those ministries have included being a teacher of high school religion, a high school counselor, principal, diocesan consultant, and sought after facilitator. During a professional career that began over 40 years ago at St. Teresa of Avila, Sister has taken fewer than five personal days, and even fewer sick days. Hours later, when Sister Karen returns to the Monastery she will address everything on her desk, patiently and with genuine concern, meet with everyone who needs her, attend to her spiritual worship, work on a few ideas for increasing ministry, and mark her checklist to make sure all has been done to care for the monastery, and the community of sisters who have placed their trust in her. All, before retiring for the night. “Being treated by the Prioress as a trusted, and responsible adult, was very important to me.” Sister said, quietly. “I have always loved the Sisters. The image of them in my neighborhood as a little girl is still so vivid. They had such a presence, and looked so happy. I remember when my sister, Janet, entered the Benedictines. I was 12. I had always looked up to her and missed her so much. Every once in a while, I would see her. It was before Vatican II so of course, we couldn’t speak, but I was thrilled just to watch her. “ It has only been a few weeks since the death of one of her closest friends and a cherished member of the Community. Sister Karen, taller in stature than all but Sister Gemma, is showing no sign of sadness from the loss, or fatigue from the responsibility she shoulders as prioress. She is with her sisters, among her community, their voices are blending into one beautiful Morning Prayer. A new day in the Monastery has begun.

“ …Understand, I am

sustained by prayer, but

it is, and has always been,

people. I really admire

those who are dedicated

and committed – work

hard. They energize me.”


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Sr. Evelyn Dettling

The temperature in the room increases by at least ten degrees the minute Sr. Evelyn Dettling walks in. Born in Canton, Ohio, Sr. Evelyn knew from the 5th grade she wanted to become a sister. When she told her father of her intentions, he asked her to consider the Benedictines. At 13, Sr. Evelyn came to Pittsburgh to live with the sisters and attend St. Benedict Academy. With the exception of one high school year spent in Canton (to help pay for her tuition, Sr. Evelyn worked at McCrory’s Five and Dime selling ten cent tubes of lipstick), Sr. Evelyn remained with the Benedictines and entered the monastery her senior year in high school. Over a span of twenty years, she taught primary and secondary grades, and worked in campus ministry for Indiana University. Knowing that Sr. Evelyn had taken students to the Appalachian territory and recognizing the grit of the young sister, the then prioress, Sr. Bernadine, asked Sister Evelyn if she would be interested in establishing an Appalachian mission for the community. Thrilled, Sr. Evelyn developed a proposal for the Community to review. The Community approved, and shortly after, Sisters Evelyn, Maura, and Corinne became residents of Fleming-Neon, Kentucky. At the time, Catholics represented less than .1 of 1% of the population. Almost immediately, Sr. Evelyn began working with the Glenmary Priests and Brothers as Director of the Commission of Justice. The focus was to build bridges between the church and land, labor, and racial justice groups. The work was something Sister Evelyn found, “challenging, satisfying, and rewarding.” One of her responsibilities was to work with the Christic Institute as a jury researcher. The Institute was defending an African American man charged with murder. The team was later able to prove the accusers had hired a murderer to commit the crimes in order to frame the defendant. In the rural south of the 80s, particularly in coal towns, civil rights, and union marches were very dangerous undertakings. Sister Evelyn was not deterred, “I remember walking down the street and the Ku Klux Klan was gathered along the length of the road. They were yelling horrible, frightening things, but we kept walking right past them. We sang all the way. We sang beautiful hymns, hymns that lifted your heart. It was so faith based” Today, Sr. Evelyn works as the Coordinator of the St. Athanasius Education and Community Center. A woman who lives very much in the present, Sr. Evelyn paces herself to meet myriad responsibilities. When asked what the years have taught her, Sister Evelyn says, “It has been such a privilege to have met so many people who care about others. Every morning I ask myself, “what are you going to do with this wild, and wonderful, life?”

“ It has been such a privilege

to have met so many people

who care about others.

Every morning I ask myself,

“what are you going to

do with this wild, and

wonderful, life?”



Sister Corinne Moeller

Sister Corinne Moeller joined the Benedictine Sisters of Pittsburgh in 1953 in her senior year at St. Benedict Academy. She made her vows in 1955, 60 years ago this year. Sister Corinne always planned on becoming a Dominican nun, “I loved their habits!” However, her appreciation for the Benedictine prayer life, and style of community-living eventually won her favor. Quiet and pensive, Sister Corinne describes herself as, “a happy introvert.” She earned both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Education through Duquesne University and full certification in Library Science for elementary school. She taught 24 years in the 1st through 5th grades five of which included administration and teaching library science skills for the 1st through 8th grades. In 1978, Sister Corinne began to question how her ministry was providing for the poor. Determined to do more, sister requested assignment near the Appalachians and was assigned to outreach in the small coal town of Fleming-Neon Kentucky. In Kentucky, Sister volunteered as a tutor for 1st and 2nd grade school children, and became a buyer for food supplies at the newly formed Letcher County Emergency Food Bank. Through two floods Sister worked with FEMA and the Red Cross processing residents, and recruited and began a craft group in Whitesburg, Kentucky with hopes of having a craft show. (The group went on to have a craft festival shortly after sister returned home.) When sister returned to the monastery Sister Corinne became the Information-Referral-Outreach Specialist for 20 northwestern townships for the newly formed Benedictine Center ministry under the Allegheny County Area Agency on Aging. Cancer interrupted Sister Corinne’s 12 year career. With limited energy and the need to attend to her own recovery, sister chose a volunteer information and referral ministry for Catholic Charities. Sister worked 1,000 volunteer hours in the morning doing data entry, and spent each afternoon receiving radiation. Cancer free, and reflecting on her ministries, Sister Corinne states, “Kentucky was such a high point. It touched my life, deepened my feelings, and the empathy in me. I became closer to people. It’s not about “us.” It’s about others. We need God in our lives. It’s only then we see the needs of others, and truly understand the circumstances that created those needs. In the last chapter of St. Benedict’s Holy Rule, Benedict says the Rule is only a “beginning. My life has been full of ‘beginnings.’ ”

“ We need God in our

lives. It’s only then we

see the needs of others,

and truly understand

the circumstances that

created those needs.”

2015 YEAR OF CONSECRATED LIFE



On March 23, 2015, Ms. Elizabeth Tamburri became the new Director of the Office of Community Advancement for the Benedictine Sisters of Pittsburgh. She is a graduate of both LaRoche College and Carlow University. Elizabeth’s experience includes the administration of non-profit organizations in both Pennsylvania, and Nevada. She is a successful trainer, and has served on human trafficking, sexual assault, and relationship violence, prevention committees.

“It is an honor to work with The Benedictine Sisters of Pittsburgh. I want to invite everyone I know to come here, to this place, this environment, where diligence and renewal are as commonplace as a cup of coffee. Every day I am inspired by the strength, fortitude, and spiritual commitment of the Sisters. These ‘Women of Steel’ are also among the most thoughtful, and compassionate individuals I’ve ever met. As I said, it is an honor.”

Sister Sue Fazzini

Sister Sue Fazzini was this years’ recipient of The Adult Corrections Professional of the Year Award.

The award was presented at The Radisson Hotel Harrisburg in Camp Hill, PA during the annual Pennsylvania Association on Probation Parole and Corrections Training Institute on May 19th.

Sister Kathleen Mack

Sister Kathleen Mack entered the novitiate of the Benedictine Sisters in 1938. This year, Sister Kathleen is celebrating her Diamond Jubilee…75 years.

Through a career that lasted 51 years, one of Sister’s greatest joys was teaching. Today, Sister still enjoys board games, some television, the Pirates and Steelers, and her family ties.

Sister’s advice: “You will receive back what you give to others. So love, love the people around you and love what you do. Live from your heart and your heart will be filled.”

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Sister Norma Weigand

Sister Norma Weigand entered the Benedictine Sisters of Pittsburgh before her senior year of high school began. This year, Sister Norma is a 60 year Jubilarian. Sister Norma was an elementary teacher for 48 years, a principal for 8 years and also served as site manager for Meals on Wheels and director of the nutrition center at the Benedictine Senior Center.

2015 Jubilarians: Rejoice and Be Glad



At the age of 81, Sister Alice Rock celebrated her first day of retirement on April 14, 2015. After 21 years of service, Sister Alice Rock has officially retired from her full time position as a counselor at the Pittsburgh Mercy Health Services, Ross campus. Sister Alice began working as a primary grade school teacher at St. Athanasius in West View, PA.

“My life as a Benedictine Sister is fruitful and rewarding for me, and for those I am privileged to serve. I like to consider myself a giving person and my life as a Benedictine Sister gives me many opportunities to fulfill this desire.”

Sister Alice is looking forward to working in the craft room and “spending time with my Lord. I will be able to join my sisters in weekday Morning Prayer in the new Monastery for the first time in 2 years! Just in time for our anniversary here!”

Congratulations Sister Alice and thank you for all you have given!

If you couldChange the World,

would children feel beloved…Would you

be there for the last breath,

kneel on tired and brittle knees

to nurture flowers until they bloom?

Wouldjustice protect the poor –

even the homeless,(would they) find warmth in

your arms,would the hungry be fed?

Would spirits torn by isolation,displacement,

anger, sorrow, or bitternessever find the comfort they need?

Would you weave, sew, or knit until your fingers ache…

…would you love someone simply because,

everyone deserves love?

the Benedictine Sisters of Pittsburgh

not only could…they would, and they do…

every day.

This is your chance to: fill their basket with your generosity and

take your place beside them…

(the world is calling you)

Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the

tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies

of love, and then, for a second time in the history of

the world, man will have discovered fire.

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

The Monastery is in need of a new, all-wheel drive vehicle to transport Sisters traveling with walkers, wheel chairs, etc.



With an attitude of gratitude, I can face anything

I have learned that the best way for me to stop feeling self-pity is to look at what is happening to me with an attitude of gratitude. It is not always easy, but I know that if I work at being grateful, I will be able to overcome self-pity.

When my marriage ended I felt very sorry for myself, as if the world had ended. I could never stop feeling self-pity. Twenty three years later, I know it was the best thing that happened to me. God had taught me a great lesson – What I want is not always what is best for me. Only He knows what is best, though it may not be apparent for many, many years down the road.

Later, I felt God was sending me yet another reason to be full of self-pity. My health started to decline. Arthritis began destroying my spine, hips, knees and hands. Being a very active person accustomed to hiking three miles every day, dancing, walking, sailing – always on the go, my first impulse was to feel sorry for myself.

Yet again, I was able to apply what I had learned: I can face anything if I have an attitude of gratitude. I decided

that instead of feeling sorry for myself because I could not do everything I was accustomed to, I was going to be grateful for all the hiking, dancing, sailing, and walking I had done in my life.

It was very difficult in the beginning, but I told myself “Fake it till you make it” It wasn’t easy, but little by little, without even realizing it, my attitude started changing. I stopped feeling like a victim and went back to being the happy person I had been.

I have now received another gift from God. After three major surgeries (two new hips and a spinal fusion) I am pain free and active again. During the time I was in pain, I found a wonderful person that was there for me without me even asking.

One more time I learned that God has a Plan. That when I accept with gratitude what is happening to me, even if I don’t like it, I end up being thankful for what I didn’t want.

Alicia Dal Lago Benefactor

SBA Dreamers

The windows at SBA always faced something interesting and dreamy. If our classrooms were on one side of the building we looked out on the convent, an imposing brick structure with turrets and belfries. The other side of the school stretched into hillsides and woods. Both sides were perfect for daydreamers who would occasionally escape math, English or Latin to compose adventures of their own.

In my years at the Academy from 1963 to 1967, I had fabulous teachers who encouraged dreaming of every sort. Sister Regina, one of the smartest women I have ever met, encouraged us to pursue math and physics. She convinced us it was easy—then she made it so. Sister Evelyn taught us mythology, Latin and religion and we all dreamed of faraway worlds. I can still hear her reciting the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, and we listened breathlessly to the very bitter end. Sister Jane Frances spread the world of

politics and government before us—while reminding us that as women, we could also play a part in history. Sister Fabian taught us Spanish and kept us apprised of the work of her brother, a missionary. Sister Carolyn unfurled chemistry equations before us that were as long as the marble hallways in the monastery, and solving them made us feel impossibly smart. Sister Christine anchored us the real world and the chemistry of the kitchen, and finally, we learned leadership by watching Sister Laurentia and Sister Therese Clare run the school and keep 500 teenage girls in line.

Those of us who attended St. Benedict Academy always had examples of wonderful working women before us: smart, funny, strong, imaginative women—just the right sort to encourage dreamers.

Rosemary McLaughlin SBA’67

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SISTER MARCIA KOLUDER, OSB

January 29, 1926 – March 21, 2015

Sister Marcia Koluder was embraced by

God on March 21, the feast of Saint Benedict,

a most fitting date since all her life she had

embodied the wisdom, prayerfulness, reverence,

moderation, compassion, understanding, love of Christ and

peacefulness of heart called for in the Rule of Benedict whose

way of life she followed since her entrance into religious life.

The 5th of eight children born to Thomas and Mary Kocur

Koluder, Dorothea Marian (whose name means “gift of God”)

grew up in Bovard, PA. At the age of 13, after her mother

died, she took over the role of home-maker for her father and

siblings. Though she cared for them with love, she yearned for

something more: a close, personal relationship with God and

desire to reach out in service beyond her family. She entered

the Benedictine Sisters of Pittsburgh November 19, 1950 and

received the habit July 1, 1951. From that time on, she was

known as Sister Marcia, and went on to serve the Church

as an effective educator in the Pittsburgh and Greensburg

Dioceses, and in administrative positions in her Benedictine

Community, including director of Sisters under temporary

vows; her example of love and fidelity to the Benedictine Rule

and the depth of her prayer life, helped them to grow and

deepen along the way of their own religious journey.

In 2002, before her 50th Jubilee, Sister Marcia described

herself as “prayerful, generous, quiet and unassuming.” She

loved creating beautiful craft items and used her remarkable

organizational ability for the benefit of the community

craft room and monastery gift shop. Strengthened by her

community prayer, she lived a simple, good life, a fulfilled life.

She said in her 2002 Jubilee year – “God has been good to

me … I would do it all over again” … and she has done it,

faithfully, with love, dedication and unwavering commitment

until the moment she died.

Sister Marcia is survived by one sister, Emma Mae Hendrick,

and one brother, Joe Koluder and wife Nancy; sister-in-law,

Dolores Koluder; nieces and nephews, including: Marcia Hendrick

SISTER WILFRID PALLADINO, OSB

January 22, 1920 – April 26, 2015

Sister Wilfrid Palladino made us laugh,

delighting us every day with her sparkling,

quick wit and free-flowing puns that were

right on the mark and came effortlessly from

her amazing good humor. A simple, holy woman who smiled

easily and welcomed all with genuine friendliness, Sister

Wilfrid lived a long life faithfully dedicated to serving God

in Benedictine community. She celebrated 95 years of life in

January and was in the 73rd year since her first profession.

The youngest of eight children, Nunciata Carmella (Nancy)

Palladino, was born January 22, 1920, to parents James and

Theresa LoVito Palladino. She grew up in Connellsville, PA, a

member of St. Rita Church. After beginning her Benedictine

journey in 1941, she received the name of Sister Wilfrid the

following year when she became a novice.

For 43 years, Sister Wilfrid taught elementary grades in the

dioceses of Pittsburgh, Greensburg and Youngstown, a ministry

she enjoyed and found to be fulfilling; according to her, the

rewards she received during these years came from how well

the children responded to her teaching. When her teaching

career ended, she continued to share her kind-hearted spirit

with adults, serving from 1986 to 2005 as Meals on Wheels

Director at Saint Benedict Hall. She was well-loved by family

and friends, her students and the adults she served. Her fun-

loving, imaginative personality and fanciful vision drew people

to her and brought smiles to their faces. She loved her family,

her Benedictine community, her life devoted to growing in

God’s love.

In 2002 Sister Wilfrid wrote: “I have always loved being a

Benedictine Sister … The years of my religious life have been

full, satisfying and rewarding. If I had to do them over,

I wouldn’t change a thing.”

Sister Wilfrid is survived by nieces and nephews, including:

Sylvia DeMarco, Theresa Spicola, Peggy Quinto and Jack Palladino;

as well as many great nieces and nephews.

U.I.O.G.D. – Ut in omnibus glorificetur Deus! – ‘That in all things GOD may be glorified’.

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Corporate Commitment Statement

We, the Benedictine Sisters of Pittsburgh, commit ourselves as a faith-filled community to be supportive of women, children and men who are struggling for dignity and justice in their lives; especially those who are most oppressed.

Philosophy Statement

As the Benedictines Sisters of Pittsburgh, our monastic life of community, prayer and ministry gives witness to the peace and joy of seeking God expressed in hospitality and simplicity. We strive to live the Gospel Values through the rule of Saint Benedict and the Federation of St. Scholastica. By living as a prophetic faith community, we develop humanly and spiritually within an atmosphere of faith, hope and love.

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