VOLUME 41, NUMBER 2 / 3190 BENET LANE, SPRINGS, COLORADO 80921-1509 / Spring 2013

Springtime...

God’s creativity in abundance -Redpath Message from Prioress by Clare Carr, OSB; Prioress

“Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them.” Dear Friends and Families, -John 20:26 Every year I look forward to spring. I get so excited to see the jonquils, crocus and the small green sprouts breaking through the forest soil. It fills me with joy and new hope! I hope this spring issue of The Review will fill you with new hope and joy as you celebrate springtime at the monastery with us. This month we celebrate the monastic entrance of our new novice Sister Margaret Meaney into our community. We also have Ana Cloughly and Janet Houthoofd, two wonderful women, who are in Temporary Profession. They bring a breath of fresh air and a depth of what it means to be Benedictine. Each of these very gifted women has a hunger for the Spirit of God. As I glance down the list of our many, many donors, I am filled with hope and am humbled by your generosity! Your donations help us to be the presence of Christ in so many lives all over the country, from Florida, to New Mexico, to Colorado and many stops in-between, because you are out there and a part of us, carrying on the message. WE are so rich! Our Holy Week Liturgies have profoundly fed us with the Word of God. The Lord’s life, death and resurrection so often reminds me of the great hope we inherit as Christians in the message of God through Jesus. We are loved, cherished, and sought after by the Divine and that love, as intense as it is, waits gently for us to respond. In this Easter Season we have been saturated with the hope of this gentle God. As we read in the Gospel of John, “A week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them.” Even if the doors are locked to our hearts or the hearts of our our loved ones, Jesus can come, and does come. We read again in the Gospel of John, Jesus asking Peter, “Do you love me?” Perhaps like us, the Divine needs to know the answer to “Do you love me?” This relationship with the Divine is not one sided. May your hopes and dreams for your loved ones be entrusted to Christ, who comes even if the doors are locked. May you be reminded that we need to say, “I love you”, not only to each other, but to the Divine as well. Know always that you are welcome to visit us at the monastery. We celebrate Sunday Liturgy at 10:15 a.m. every week and you are always invited to pray Liturgy of the Hours with us. Peace and Joy,

Triduum: Our Holiest Week by Mary Jane Vigil, OSB; Liturgy Director

The shouts of “Crucify him! Crucify him!” remind us that it is indeed our story and despite our good resolutions, promises and triumphant “Hosannas”, we too, crucify others at times. On Tuesday, two community members join the entire Diocese for the Chrism and receive Blessed holy oils received the blessed Holy Oils. at the Chrism Mass. We gather together on Holy Thursday to share in the Supper Rev. Don Dilg, CSC blesses the palms at the entrance of the Lord to hear and enter into the experience of Jesus to the monastery on Palm Sunday. washing the feet of his disciples. We thank Jesus for His enduring presence in On Palm Sunday, the start of our holiest week, we begin our the Eucharist and for journey of “entrance” just as the Church celebrates Christ’s his enduring presence entrance into Jerusalem. As Jesus completes His Paschal in the faces, hands, and Mystery, we journey with him and make our final preparations feet of those around us. for the Easter Feast. Palm fronds adorn the Monastery’s pathways and hallways as we make our joyful and triumphant entry into the church carrying our palm branches. During the reading of the Passion, we enter the procession with Christ to Calvary and stand at the foot of the Cross. article continued on page 3

2 ““Sister“ ” Speaks of Membership in Community by Anne Stedman, OSB; Formation Director

“Set me like a seal on your heart, like a seal on your arm. Set me like a seal on your heart. How right it is to love you.” -Rev. Carey Landry These words, based on Chapter Eight of the Song of Songs, (A Song of Covenant Love), were chosen by Peggy Meaney for her Rite of Entrance into the Novitiate on April 13th during the Community’s Spring meetings. “Entrance” into community now moves from an initial experience of monastic life to a year of immersion into the spirituality of Benedictine life envisioned and lived by this Monastic Community—“seeking God in the daily celebration of life” (Charism). Peggy, born in the state of Washington and attending Catholic School, felt the call ‘to be a sister’ when she was in the third grade. In 2005, while working in Washington D.C. for a prominent law firm located one block from the White House, Peggy experienced an overwhelming call to seek God within a religious community. After a ‘Come and See Weekend’, several retreats at Benet Hill and a year as a ‘live at home affiliate’, she L to R: Anne Stedman, OSB; Formation Drector; Margaret Meaney, OSB moved to the monastery on July 5th, 2011. She often says, “I was with Clare Carr, OSB; Prioress on April 13 as Sister Margaret in love with God and now I have fallen in love with the Benet Hill enters the Novitiate Phase of her formation. Community and enjoy the oblates and our Sunday assembly.” Benedict and deepening her understanding of the particular The year long novitiate will be a time for Sister Margaret to charism, vision and mission of the Benet Hill Community. deepen her relationship with God and integrate her personal This is also a time of mutual discernment - listening to all spirituality into the Benedictine way of life. During this time, the ways God speaks and taking the time to dialogue with she will be spending time studying, internalizing the Rule of individual sisters in the community.

Our Holiest Week continued...

The Good Friday Liturgy is simple The joyful celebration continues during Easter Mass on and solemn. We focus on the Sunday morning as we sing the “Alleluia” that has been silent Cross, the instrument of death for 40 days. We read the letter of St. Paul to the Romans, and the instrument of salvation recalling our Baptism into the death and resurrection of and prostrate ourselves in humble Christ that we might rise to a new life in Him. Our Baptismal adoration. The power and majesty vows are renewed as we bless ourselves with the Easter of Jesus shines through the Gospel water, and once again remember the enduring presence of of St. John and together we pray the Risen Christ in the Eucharist. During this Holiest Week, for the universal church. we entered into the death and resurrection of Jesus and once more allow his life to grow within us. Our Easter Vigil consists of Word and Light as we gather to tell our story of salvation. We experience God’s nurturing love in the story of Creation and learn of His faithful love as we enter into the lives of Sarah, Isaac, and Abraham as they struggle to do God’s will. Our joy and anticipation grow as we gather around the fire and light the Easter candle to honor Christ, the light of God’s glory and the Light of the world. We spread this light to all the Spring has re candles held by our members and turn ed. like a ch Th express our feelings in the Exultet, “Exult ild th e at k ea no rth all creation around God’s throne! This is ws i po s our Passover feast! It is the night when em s. Christ broke the chains of death and rose -Rainer Maria Rilke triumphantly from the grave! This is our resurrection night! Boundless your love!”

3 Every Day for the Rest of Our Lives by Kathleen Morgan, Oblate

The Lord’s call is both personal and unique. It does not, however, require holiness to pursue it. All that is asked is to follow out of love, faithfulness, and trust. On February 16, 2013 at 5 p.m. Vespers, Renee Brown from San Jose, California answered God’s call by making her final oblate profession. Mentored by oblate Barbara Neilon for the past 2 ½ years, Renee is the director of an addiction rehabilitation center. She visited several Benedictine monasteries before finding a home at Benet Hill. At that same gathering, Barbara Neilon was recognized for seven faithful years as oblate core team/co-coordinator until Marie Therese Summers, OSB was appointed oblate director this past summer. In appreciation for her service, Barbara received funding from the Benet Hill community and fellow oblates to attend the Third International Oblate Congress in Rome, Italy this October. When we—like Renee and Barbara—answer Christ’s call, we do so in two ways. First, it is in consent to our Lord’s will. But our second, and even greater response, is the one that takes place every day… for the rest of our lives. For more information on becoming an oblate of St. Benedict, contact L to R: Clare Carr, OSB, Prioress; Barbara Neilon, Oblate Mentor; Marie Therese Summers, OSB at mtsummers@benethillmonastery. Renee Brown, newly professed Oblate; (seated) Marie Therese Summers, OSB, Oblate Director org. or call 719-633-0655 ext. 120.

Benedictine Legacy: Leann Cogan, OSB New Models of Association at Benet Hill 94 Years young by Ana Cloughly, OSB by Jan Ginzkey, OSB

at livin new th g in co There is a refrain from a song that st k mm ju u is running through my mind; “The “I nd I would choo ni ht a se ty times they are a changing”. How rig it a s ga true this is! We are all very aware of a i w n the many changes in the world, the !.” global economics, the church and in

religious life in general. Ecclesiastes tells us there is a time for everything. It is time for us to look at the wealth of Benedictine tradition and to look with hope to our future. Sister Clare has appointed a committee to explore New Models of Association with Benet Hill Monastery. What is the purpose of this committee? Rose Ann Barmann, OSB;chair has created three working groups to explore various possibilities of association. One group is looking back at the Benedictine tradition to explore live-in oblates and how that might be brought into our 21st Century. Another group is reviewing/updating the live-in volunteer option we have offered in the more recent past. The third Sister Leann, our most senior member, has been a monastic for over group is creating what we are naming as “temporary monastics.” All seventy years. After high school in Buena Vista, CO she was invited three groups will have a form of immersion program so those in the to be a student on a work scholarship at Mt. St. Scholastica College program can learn about our prayer life, our charism and ministry in . Since the distance between school and home was so statements as well as learning about the Rule of Benedict and Benet great, Sister Leann was allowed to stay at the convent during Easter Hill Monastery. Mary Colleen Schwarz, OSB is our Vocation Director breaks. The quiet attracted her to monastic life. Her relationship with who serves on the committee and continues to discern with women the sisters who taught at the College, especially her advisor, Sister about living a monastic life at Benet Hill. Anthony, helped her to make her decision to enter. Among her many accomplishments, Sister Leann’s mission as a nursing teacher Watch for more information about our New Models of Association as in Guyana is the highlight of her life. She was seventy years old they are created during the coming months. when she went on this mission! Sister Leann says, “I just knew that living in community was right” and “I would choose it again!”

4 2013 Graduates . . . Congratulations! by Sandy Kinchen, Director of Ministries Benedictine Spiritual Formation Program L: Diane Carlton Online Student from Riverton, WY Our Retreat Ministry hosted R: Lynn Walkowski Online Student from Colorado Springs 87 retreatants this winter allowing us to upgrade the retreat houses and make them more comfortable for our guests. We offer group, individual, silent and directed retreats for those who want to experience the peace and quiet of our beautiful forest. Call today to sign up for summer. The space is filling fast!

Nancy Mairs (above) Online Student Valerie Webster from Tucson, AZ (above) Colorado Springs L: Alison Morgan Online Student Back Row L to R: Mary Colleen Schwarz, OSB, from Boseman, MT Online Student Trista Wotochek and Mary Ann Spiker from Aukland, New Zealand First Row L to R: Debra Witherspoon and Ann Christensen

Another semester in the Benedictine Spirituality Center in the Special Ministry Events at Benedictine Spirituality Center Pines is ending. We look back over the past few months amazed • A Day with Thomas Merton at the number of students who have participated and thrilled • Heartfulness Retreats – 1st Saturdays at the success of the programs and events. More and more • Lenten Day of Reflection – Lord, Remove this Cup individuals are attending classes and spending time in retreats • Diocesan Scripture Workshop and workshops as they continue their spiritual journeys. It is very gratifying to know that the word is spreading, the classes are filling, and we are able to provide new spiritual pathways to over 240 students in our programs and events this past winter. As the semester concludes, we are happy to congratulate the graduates of our Benedictine Spirituality Programs. (see photos) Our Spiritual Journey and Contemplative Journey students will graduate in May. Scriptures students are finishing their courses.

Our Programs: • Walking with Benedict: Humility • Walking with Benedict (Online): Hospitality • Spiritual Journey • Contemplative Journey, Part 2 • Befriending the Mystics • Forgiveness Prayer • Welcoming Prayer • Benedictine Spiritual Formation Program Denver (Benet Hill, Denver, Grand Junction and Online) Back Row L to R: Leslee Terpay, Marshall Kuhn, Patricia Husman, Sandra Torres, Ellen Haroutian, Jeri Dwyer, Joyce Calvo-Chen and Sharon Friedman Our PILLAR Partnership Second Row L to R: Jennifer Landrum, Beverly McCutchon, Denise Carter, Katherine Flahive (These are programs we offered in partnership with the Pillar Institute and Marilyn Carpenter, OSB First Row L to R: Stacy Spehn, Hillary Barrows, Mary Jan of Life Long Learning.) Greenwood, Roanne Ross and Rev. Joanne Buchanan- Brown • A Brief History of Christianity Seated Front: Eben Carsey • Thomas Merton, Modern Mystic 5 Center Alumni Profile Coming Attractions! Action and Contemplation - Contemplation and Action

by Steve Gabriel, Graduate August 2013: Action and contemplation 8-Day Intensive/Post Intensive Retreat, August 23 to 30 -- contemplation and action. The Intensive Retreat provides an opportunity to deepen the Once thought of as mutually practice of centering prayer in an atmosphere of profound silence exclusive, the spiritual and community support. enrichment programs at Benet Hill monastery have NEW! Exploring My Spirituality, Coming in October shown me that they can be Begin your journey to understanding and integrating the spiritual brought together on my dimensions of your life. This course is designed for individuals spiritual journey. looking for new meaning in their lives. If you feel adrift and out of touch with your inner self, this course will help address some very Almost a decade ago, I faced important questions for you: the action and contemplation • What is Spirituality? conundrum. I felt a deep • Who is God? spiritual dryness coupled • What is My Relationship with God? with an overload of activities • What is Prayer? (at Church, my son’s school, • What is Scripture to Me? Scouts and volunteer • What is My Rule of Life? agencies). In search of more depth in prayer, I participated Steve Gabriel practicing in the Contemplative Journey contemplative prayer. program at the monastery Looking Inside the Monastery... and found that Centering Prayer provided the peace through silence and stillness that I had been seeking. “Benet Hill Monastery is definitely the As my prayer life matured and deepened, God had in mind for me to most pleasant working environment I do more -- action as a senior leader of a global prison ministry (Kairos have ever experienced. Although the Prison Ministry International). As the weight of this ministry began Development office is very busy, the to fray my nerves, I turned to the Benedictine Spiritual Formation potential feeling of stress or overload that I would have experienced in my former Program. Through BSFP, I was able to become more reflective and job is always lessened by the fact that I self-aware (of who I am, how I operate, and how I relate to God) and can walk downstairs and see the everyday then more deeply aware of spiritual dynamics and God’s presence goings-on of the sisters during their in my life. Equipped by God with a more contemplative vision, I was daily monastic life. One of my favorite able to do God’s work prayerfully and effectively. things to see is Sister Mary Jane pushing As my life again shifted gears, Benet Hill has offered me the her cart of water jugs in and out of each opportunity to grow in spiritual depth through helping to facilitate room and hallway lovingly taking care some of the programs. I recently helped present the “Befriending of all the beautiful plants that fill the the Mystics” series -- a wonderful opportunity to immerse myself Jennifer Miller monastery. I am grateful for my position Development Assistant for months at a time in the life and writings of mystics like Meister at the monastery and being able to share Eckhart and Teilhard de Chardin -- and then share my friendship with space with the wonderful women who call the mystics. So now my focus is to bring action and contemplation it their home.” together in ministries like the Centering Prayer Group and outreach to the needy at my home (St. Patrick) and also in my working life as an engineer. As Fr. Richard Rohr has said, “We need a A Day in the Life contemplative mind in order to do compassionate action.” And the Benet Hill monastery has given me the opportunity to develop that contemplative mind and lifestyle so that my action and “doing” in the world are more integrated.

Sisters Elizabeth and Kathleen color Easter eggs for the Easter celebration!

Who is the cute Easter Bunny? Sisters keep fit by working out with Trista Wotochek (center). 6 Development Office by Rose Ann Barmann, OSB, Development Director

“One who pays heed to the wind will never sow, and one who watches the clouds will never reap. …You do not know the work of God, who is working in everything. In the morning you sow the seed, and at evening do not let your hand be idle: for you do not know which of the two will be successful, or whether both alike will turn out well.“ -Ecclesiastes 11:4-6

Dear Families and Friends, “We do not know the work of God, who is working in everything.” However, here at Benet Hill, we do know 2012 CONTRIBUTION SUMMARY that your faithful support and prayerful presence helps us carry out God’s work of our mission for the thousands of people who find renewal and refreshment in the “sacred Sources of Giving: space” of our monastery. We are a small “mustard seed” Donations $ 676,318.62 31.44% of a monastic community, but through your partnership with us, we are able to touch the global heart of the world Grants $ 52,382.21 2.44% through daily witness, prayers and intercessions for all Investment Gifts $ 448,955.17 20.87% humanity. Goods & Services $ 973,223.19 45.25% NOTE: The summary to the right shows your financial TOTAL $ 2,150,879.19 100.00% gifts of 2012. These gifts provide assistance in fulfilling our monastic mission to our community and the world. Our community is most grateful to each of you and we Gift Distribution: remember you and your loved ones daily in our prayers. Sisters’ Retirement $ 297,167.7 13.82% Education, May God bless you all! Other Needs $ 250,113.63 11.63% Plant Assets $ 635,350.00 29.54% Capital Campaign $ 84,350.39 3.92% “An optimist is the human Mission Outreach $ 150,799.34 7.01% personification of spring.” Current Operating $ 733,098.13 34.08% -Anonymous TOTAL $ 2,150,879.19 100.00%

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Planned Giving:

To remember the Benet Hill Community in your estate planning, our legal title is: L to R: Gavin Vitt, Sam Gioia, Joe Reich, Jr., Marcia Hefti, Marie Therese Summers, OSB, Benet Hill Monastery of Colorado Springs, Inc. (seated) Rose Ann Barmann, OSB, Jacy Doumas, Jerry Bagg, Joan Klein, Nancy Billard, Cliff Eisenach; Not Pictured: Bob Stadjuhar, Shari (Middlemist) Silva ‘79, Clare Carr, OSB 7 In Appreciation of our Benefactors and Friends

In this Spring Issue of our Review, it is our privilege to recognize our friends, families, alumnae, benefactors, businesses, foundations, organizations and churches that have contributed to our community and our Capital Campaign from January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012. In spite of these uncertain and challenging economic times, we are greatly blessed by your generosity. You have shared in the mission and ministries of Benet Hill Monastery by financial gifts that come in many forms: donations, memorials, bequests, trusts, appreciated stocks, trust income, in-kind services and goods. Every gift, regardless of size, is appreciated and treasured and we humbly accept them as expressions of your love, friendship and desire to partner with us in continuing our Benedictine Legacy. May God bless you and protect you every day. Rose Ann Barmann, OSB; Development Director

Every effort has been made to list all donors accurately; however, if your name has been omitted or misspelled, please contact the Benet Hill Development Office (719) 633-0655 x116. Corrections will appear in the next issue of the Review.

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Snyder Howard and Carolyn Bryant Jovita Quintana, OSB Francine Stallbaumer, OSB Christine Burns Bill Rains Marie Therese Summers, OSB Mary Bush Jose and Maria Romero Mark Thieme Bishop Charles Buswell, DD Patricia Russell Mary John Thomas, OSB Don and Pat Cantlay Sanchez Family Mary Jane Vigil, OSB George Cipoletti Henry and Frances Sarwark Katherine Wawersich, OSB Sally Cogan Maristelle Schmitz, OSB Zecha Family Grandparents 11 Benet Hill Monastery Non-profit Org. U.S. POSTAGE T he Hawk and the Dove 3190 Benet Lane PAID Colorado Springs, CO 80921-1509 Colorado Springs Book Review by Ana Cloughly, OSB CO RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED Permit No. 576 Penelope Wilcock captures key aspects of Benedictine monastic life in her six book series beginning with The Hawk and the Dove. The story of Father Peregrine and the early fourteenth century Benedictine Abbey of St. Alcuin is presented at first through the eyes of Melissa, a fourteen year old girl who receives the stories of family members who lived seven hundred years ago passed down through the generations and recounted by her mother. Eventually Wilcock drops her literary device of having Melissa tell the story. By the third book the story is told directly. This work of fiction captures the imagination as it communicates the ideal of living according to the Rule of St. Benedict.

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