Lisle Benedictine Women Vol. 38 No. 1 Sacred Heart Monastery June 2015

The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament proclaims God’s handiwork. Ps. 19, 1 Message from the Prioress...

What is your story? What events in your life brought you to where you are now? What did you learn from various parts of your story?

We have just completed the Easter Season where we have been reenergized by the stories of the life, death and Resurrection of Jesus and his encounters with many of His disciples. They also have their stories.

Here at Sacred Heart Monastery we have been telling our stories. As you may well be aware, we have been having a “Tuesday Night with the Sisters” during this Year of Consecrated Life. These evenings have been prepared by our Vocation Advisory Council which consists of three Benedictine Sisters and three lay women. In January, we viewed and discussed a documentary film entitled God is the Bigger Elvis. It is the story of actress Dolores Hart “retreating” at Regina Laudis in for a rest from her busy, stress filled acting life. Ultimately, despite a successful career of acting and while being engaged, this Come and See experience led her to enter that cloistered community. Mother Dolores Hart and the sisters in her community shared their stories. Viewing the movie and reflecting on my story, I again realized the importance of a Come and See experience. Coming from my home town in Colorado to visit the Benedictine Sisters at Sacred Heart in Lisle convinced me of my vocation. It has been a life enriching decision. In April, several of our sisters shared with our Tuesday night guests their stories of finding the Benedictine way of life meaningful.

The concept of a Come and See experience is not new. However, after viewing this documentary, I asked the sophomore and senior religion teachers at Benet Academy if they would show this film to their students and then allow me to come and share my story. I encouraged the students to spend 36-40 hours, sometime during their high school or college career, visiting a religious community or participating in a diocesan program where they could be given the opportunity to Come and See. I believe this opportunity would help them not only to better understand and appreciate consecrated life, but also to be open to a possible call from God to dedicate their lives to God in religious life. I encourage all parents to encourage your sons and daughters to take advantage of a Come and See experience as well.

Additionally, you should know that we have guest houses available for a short stay for some quiet time. We have a colorful spacious campus, a sacred space called Sacred Heart Chapel for private prayer and or daily Mass where you can meet us, tell us your story and we can tell you ours. Should you be interested, call (630 750 6010) or email us [email protected] for available guest house opportunities.

May the stories found in Sacred Scripture, and the stories we share with each other draw each of us to a richer relationship with God, self and others.

2 questions for the Sisters, and appreciated the Celebrating 2015 honesty and joy shared by them.

the Year of We welcomed Dr. Bren Murphy from Loyola University and her film, A Question of Habit in May. This award winning film illustrated that Consecrated Life the pop culture images of a Sister do not reflect the lives and ministries of the Sisters of When Pope Francis declared that a year long the 21st century. celebration be held in honor of consecrated life, the Vocation Advisory Council began their We’ll take a break in June while the Sisters are plans for the Monastery. It was decided to host on retreat. Tuesday Night with the Sisters and a series of programs was developed. Join us for a two part showing of Women and Spirit: Catholic Sisters in America, on July 14th We began in January with God is the Bigger and August 11th. This film was produced by Elvis, a documentary about film star, Dolores the LCWR and invites us to “discover a world Hart. She left Hollywood and joined the few have seen, but millions have shared”. cloistered Benedictine in Connecticut. She says of her vocation: “The Dr. Christine Fletcher from Benedictine abbey was like a grace of God that just entered University will celebrate the birth of Mary on my life in a way that was totally unexpected - September 8th with images of art through the and God was the vehicle. He was the bigger ages. Elvis.” Lively discussion followed the viewing. October’s program is being developed, but In February, we welcomed Fr. David Turner, mark your calendars for the 13th. OSB from St. Procopius Abbey. Fr. David shared his power point presentation on St. On Sunday, November 15th, the Diocese of Hildegard of Bingen. Hildegard was a Joliet will sponsor an Open House at St. Benedictine abbess, writer, composer, mystic, Procopius Abbey and Sacred Heart Monastery. and one of the most influential figures of the We invite you to come starting at 2:00 until 12th century. All agreed they wished to learn after Vespers at 4:45 to hear our story, view more about her life and works. our presentation, and pause for prayer in our chapel. Charles Brummel joined Sister Mary for the Lenten Morning of Reflection in March. Charles All Tuesday programs begin at 7:00pm and are is a retired humanities teacher from Benet held in our Chapter Room. We hope you will Academy, and lives with his wife, Cathy, at join us beginning in July. Villa St. Benedict. He shared the art, historical development and theology behind the major types of crucifixes. The morning concluded with Sister Mary's reflection on the Theology of the Cross.

“Everything you always wanted to know about religious life, but were afraid to ask” brought together a panel of Sisters who spoke about realizing and living out their vocation to the religious life. The audience had thoughtful

3 TREASURED HISTORY AND TRADITION

In this chapter of our story, we introduce you to an earlier Benedictine foundress, in the person of St. Erentrude of Nonnberg Abbey.

We are all somewhat familiar with at least five of the outstanding Benedictine women Saints - Ss. Scholastica, Hildegarde, Gertrude, Mechtilde and Walburga. A recently- published book, Medieval Women Monastics, Wisdom’s Wellsprings, by Miriam Schmitt, OSB, Linda Kulzer, OSB and Mary Michael Kaliher, OSB, has taken on the task of familiarizing us with seventeen others. I’ve chosen to touch briefly on one of these seventeen and her connection with our monastery.

Sacred Heart Monastery here in Lisle, traces its roots to St. Joseph’s Convent (now closed) in St. Mary’s, Pennsylvania. St. Joseph’s, in turn, traced its roots to St. Walburga’s in Eichstatt, Germany. This is the point where we commonly stop in the history of our roots. But the book, to which I referred above, takes us back to the sixth and seventh centuries with its aim to acquaint English-speaking monastics with their roots in the Anglo-Saxon and Germanic expressions of Benedictinism.

From the beginnings in Norcia and Monte Cassino, Italy, women’s flourished and in the sixth and seventh century spread to Germany. St. Erentrude, and the abbey she founded, are of particular interest to American who can trace a connection from Nonnberg Abbey to its daughter house, the Abbey of St. Walburg in Eichstätt. This Bavarian abbey is the founding monastery of several Benedictine women’s houses in the .

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4 Much of what we know about St. Erentrude comes from the early accounts of her uncle, St. Rupert. Rupert moved to the region and helped to develop the salt springs found in this region (which resulted in the name of Salzburg). Wishing to found a monastery there, Rupert received help to do so from the Duke and Duchess of Salzburg. With this aid, he founded the monastery of St. Peter at Salzburg. The Duke and Duchess then proposed the founding a monastery for women and soon had one built to the southeast of Salzburg where an Old Roman fortress once towered on the hill that later became known as Nonnberg (the mountain of ). Rupert placed Erentrude as its head. Nonnberg was the oldest Benedictine women’s foundation on German soil (later Austrian) and one which in recent decades has gained fame as the home of , from . She was a novice here and returned for her marriage to Captain von Trapp.

Erentrude and her companions lived and worked here, loved and appreciated by all. When she died on June 30, 718, her remains were placed in a grave in the rocks. She was honored by miracles soon after her death, and as early as the ninth century, she was recognized as a saint. The office of her feast praises her for her great love for children which she passed on to her spiritual daughters as a holy inheritance. It also cites her maternal goodness toward the poor and injured whose wounds she dressed.

The Lectionary of Canisius indicates that when she knew her death was near, she “ruminated” on these words from the Psalms: “It is good for me to cling to God, to place all my hope in God.” Canisius indicates that she received Viaticum, made a perfect confession, entrusted the nuns under her care to God, “and with torches lit went to meet her spouse full of good works and almsgiving.”

5 Queen of Heaven Monastery

VISIT FROM THE COPTIC ORTHODOX SISTERS - On Christmas afternoon, the Coptic Orthodox Sisters who purchased our former monastery on Squires Lane visited. Their Orthodox Christmas is January 7. Mother Marina informed us of plans the sisters have to build a church on the grounds close to the monastery.

Sister Marion Dobos attended the Mid- Atlantic Education Conference in Baltimore in February. As Director of the Office of Religious Education for the Archeparchy, she organized a Pre-Cana Program and a Day of Prayer for Catechists and Interested Adults in March, and a Women’s Day of Reflection in Pittsburgh in April.

SPIRITUALITY DAYS IN PREPARATION Sister Mary Martha Kacmarek works FOR CHRISTMAS AND EASTER hard on keeping our finances in order. In This year, both of our speakers were from her leisure time, she enjoys Mary Higgins the Byzantine Catholic Seminary of SS. Clark mysteries and jigsaw puzzles. Cyril and Methodius. On December 13, Reverend Christiaan Kappes, professor of In April, Sister Agnes Knapik enjoyed an Patristics and Liturgy, spoke about the appreciation luncheon, featuring Elvis as earliest manner of understanding the entertainment, for persons who volunteer change of bread and wine into the body at Hillside Rehabilitation Hospital. On and blood of Christ. On March 7, during Sunday afternoons she asks to visit with the Great Fast, Robert M. Pipta patients whose families are at a distance explained how worship, stewardship, and and cannot easily make the trip to the fellowship sustain us on our Christian hospital. journey. Sister Barbara Pavlik spotlighted Saint Nicholas this year with the catechetical students at SS. Peter and Paul Byzantine

6 in Warren. After they watched a film about St. Nicholas, they presented stories about his life to parishioners. The students received a surprise visit from St. Nicholas who distributed gifts. The students thanked St. Nicholas and sang the traditional Old Slavonic hymn, “O kto, kto…”.

Sister Julia Rohaly received greetings and flowers on her 98th birthday in April all the way from Phoenix AZ, Florida, and Erie, PA, where she has loving nieces and nephews. They remember her green thumb and fondness for all growing plants.

SAINT BENEDICT’S AUXILIARY – The cookie sale in December was very successful. In April, Lucy Falatic, patient advocate from St. Joseph’s Hospital, spoke to members and guests about Health Care and Power of Attorney. An Appreciation Luncheon was hosted by the Sisters at Buena Vista Restaurant in May.

OBLATES – Julie Mindek Riggs, who made her final oblation in 1984, passed away in March. Even though she was not able to attend recent meetings, she is deeply missed by oblate Patricia Mindek, her mother, and all the oblates and Sisters. Christ is Risen Indeed He is Risen!

7 With grateful thanks Phyllis Baker Dolores Baker &Bob Anne Bailie Patricia Ann Baier Edwin Bach B~ ~ Marcella Autero Alice Aubele Diane Asche &Bob Carol Arthurs John & Ellen Arnott ArgianasChuck ArcyJudy Joseph & Michelle Archibald Gerard & Carolyn Andree Rob & Lori Anderson Gerald & Theresa Alton Sharon Allport &Chuck AllberryKathy Nancy Albrecht Ronald & Patricia Aitchison Virginia Ahern Nancy Adams Michaele Adair &George Helen Ackermann A~ Arlene Beaman Richard & Marilyn Bazan Natalie Bayci Toni Baumgartner Richard & Jennifer Baumgartner Dennis & Patricia Batchos Patrick Barrett Kevin Barrett Jill Barrett Brenda Barnes Philip & Regina Barden LouMary Bara Robert & Stella Banks Geraldine Bambas Carol Ballak Robert & Dolores Balla Roberta Balicki Joan Bales

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Peter & Cynthia Schroeder Evelyn Sirinek Patrick & Kathleen Stack Joan Schulthesz Anna Skala Francie Stamate Agnes Schultz Mary Skarr Susan Stanislaus Jim & Shirley Schulz Phyllis Skehan Ernie & Edith Stark Bob & Sue Schumacher Margaret Skoff Bernice Stavinoha Charles & Paula Schumacher Rita Skowronski Jay & Mindy Sterns Greg & Diane Schuster Robert & Nancy Skrok John & Marlyn Steury Tom & Christine Schuur Marianne Slabenak George & Nancy Stieber Thelma Scott Larry & Janet Slade Kathryn Stimetz Bryan & Diana Scovill Thomas & Mary Ann Sladek Dorothy Stodola Carolyn Scutella Ned & Barbara Sloan Ivan & Linda Stodola Jane Sdesar George & Irene Sloane Paul & Marilyn Stodola Walter & Catharine Sedlacek Kathleen Slucas Jim & Kristin Stoesser Raymond & Joan Seeley Pete & Mary Sluka Odette Stoffel Catherine Seidenglanz William & Marie Sluka Susan Stonesypher Gregory & Lucia Sellers Doris Smego Rudy & Mary Strahl

Edward Selvas Raymond & Theresa Smith Kevin & Lori Strittmatter Manny & Rose Sepeda Robert Smith Wayne & Susan Strittmatter Tom & Pat Shanley Dolores Smolen Donald & Imelda Strobel Ernest & Charlotte Shaw Jacqueline Snavely Bob & Rose Stromberg Birdie Sheahan Elaine Snella Ralph & Beatrice Strozza Mary Kay Sheetz Don & Joan Snoad Joseph & Jean Stubits Louise Shepard Don & Leslie Snydel Frank & Beverly Studnick Susan Shih Ellen Snyder Kathleen Sturgeon Helen Shimek Millard & Joanne Snyder Ted & Diana Suchy Gary & Mary Shipp Mary Ellen Sobieraj Rosemarie Sudimack Emerzia Shroba Len & Rose Sodergren Lillie Sulak Ferrell & Janice Shuck Fran Sojka Nancy Supena Layton & Marie Shultz Mauri & Mary Spampinato Walter & Joyce Sura Dorothea Shuta Stanley Spera David & Carol Surowiec Mike & Pam Shuta John & Elizabeth Spokas Lorraine Suster Roger & Joan Shutes Jim & Joan Spore David & Jane Swanson

With grateful thanks With Irene Siebecker Cheryl Sporlein Jerome & Ellen Sychowski Walter Siebert Edward Srotyr Oleh & Julia Sydor Mike & Margie Siefert St. Procopius Abbey Robert & Arlene Sypniewski Alice Sima St. Scholastica Mission House Marty & Susan Szczech Dan & Carol Simler Michael & Roseann Stachura Bernice Szostak Raymond & Paulette Simpson Jim & Marge Stack Peter & Nancy Ann Szymczyk

It is with sincere appreciation and gratitude that we acknowledge a generous gift of $18,910.68 as a basic grant from the National Religious Retirement Office (NRRO).

Thank you for contributing to the annual December appeal for the Retirement Fund for Religious.

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Catherine Wokas Catherine Woodcock Anne Mary Camille Woodward Joan Wrenn & Peter Dee Wrona Ana Wubker & Roy ~ ~Y Yu & Adela Hermenegildo Yurcus Kathy & Ron Yurkovic Marie Jean ~Z ~ Zaccarine Katherine Zahradnik Joseph Zak Joanne Fred & Joan Zaorski Zderad Loretta Zea Phyllis Zeiler Barbara Zidlicky James Zigmond Theresa John & OSB Zigmond, Fr. Kenneth Zimmerman Karen & Steve Ken & Peg Weber Ken & Peg Weigel Barbara & Rich Weingartner Patricia & Ed Fran Weiss Chuck & Weizeorick Jack Weller Mary Jo & Scott Welling John & Nancy Welty Ann Joseph & Jean Werner Esther Whalen Lucy Frank & Whitaker Melissa Wickler Alice & Albert Wickord Theodore Wiczek Joan & Chester Wiesbrook Rita Wilmoth Janet & Richard Wise Carol Wisnosky Rosemary & Dennis Witek Frances

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- Joanne Wanamaker Joanne Wandolowski Vickie Ward Lorraine Ward Eileen & Thomas Warden & Nancy William Warner Marion Warzecha Laura Tom & Karen Watson Mel & Betty Ann Wagner Ann Betty Mel & Waitekus Irene Wald Marion Walker & Dorothy Chris Walker Germaine & Donald Kathy Walker Walker Debra & Susan Wall Sandra & Donald Wall Carole & Terrence Walsh Judy Mike & Walsh William Walters Deborah John & Walz Mary Ann Alice Vintar Alice Viskocil Bernadette Vogel Diane Joseph Vojacek Vojahosky Joanne James & Vopenka Helen Tony & Joseph Votava Votruba Tom & Sue ~ W Mary Wabiszewski Wagner Marilyn Joyce VanDuzen Joyce VanLeeuwen Patricia Vatch Steven Blanch Vedral Bob Veles Verbiscer Jean & Robert Verdick & Mary Steven Veverka Marilyn Viator Marilyn & Gerald Vidican David Viles Robert Staff Benedict St. Villa

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- Donor acknowledgement continued acknowledgement Donor Bonnie Valiant Bonnie Valicenti John & Aldona Lois Vallino Diana Vanderheyden Ann Valek Ann Judy Valek & Peter Valenta Rudolf ~ V ~ ~ V Valdes Carmen & Gene Richard & Elizabeth Tuttle Elizabeth & Richard Twarogal John & Judith Urban William Frances Trombino Frances Turek Marla Greg & Turos Joseph & Joan Bob & Patricia Traub Patricia Bob & Traub Tom & Irene Trogdon Cheryl & Ed Eva Tomsic Eva Torbich Peggy Tousek William Alice Tinnes Alice Tischler Monica & Jon Tobolski Mae Callie Frank & Rosalie Thomas Rosalie Thorne Ken & Chickie Timmer Donna & Jim Ralph & Jan Thinnes Jan & Ralph Thomas Betty Thomas Celia Michelle Taylor Michelle Tazioli Margaret Tedrow Virginia John & Patricia Taska Patricia & John Taube Rosanne Taylor Mary Joseph & Jim & Lois Tallarovic Lois & Jim Tarnowski Donna Tarpey Margaret & Thomas Tagalo Lorraine Taglia Virginia Tala Ted Janie & ~ T ~ T Donors to the Chapel Flower Fund

Anonymous (7 gifts) Vera Gallo Stan & Vicky Michalik Judy Arcy Marjorie Gilmartin Grace Michiels Mary Lou Bara Paul & Audry Girard Charlotte Miller Toni Baumgartner Bob & Joan Goblet Norm & Helen Mills Marge Bogolin Jack Goebel Eleanor Mitchell Lorraine Borek Carole Gray Terry & Doris Murray Dorothe Brennan Rita Harrigan Rosemary Oddo Charles & Cathy Brummel Ray & Jean Hartman Bernice Paluzzi Elaine Budzbanowski Tom & Rosemary Hartnett Barbara Pawlowski Carol Cain Rosemary Horne Donna Piegore Lorelei Carey Roselyn Hynes Doris Pierce Larry Cena Jeanne Johnson Marguerite Regan Natalie Couvillon Ruth Jung Hugh Ronkowski Betty Cutilletta Winifred Kale Margaret Rosauer Bud Daly Ray & Pat Kammer Gerry & Mary Rowan Judy DeAngelo Mary Keenan Margaret Ruppert & Tom Lukvewski Kenneth Keith Joe Ryan Agnes Decino Jerry & Charlotte Kelly Hillard Schmidt Ed Dethke Rosemary Kiss Irene Siebecker Robert & Joan deVito Rina Knight Rita Skowronski Mary DeWell Florence Kordowski Mary Ellen Sobieraj Al & Barb Dinon Rosemary Kretschmann St. Scholastica Mission House Sabina D'Orio Clara Lawcewicz Lorraine Tagalo Phil Downey Neil Leary Virginia Taglia Jerry Drevalas Bill & Mary Lonergan Donna Tarnowski Jim Dudley Pat Long Rosanne Taube Helen Ercegovac Jim & Margaret Martin Lois Vallino Angela Fay Mariko Mathews Alice Vintar Joe Gallagher Julie Mazur Mary Wabiszewski Joanne Wanamaker

Anne & Nancy Albrecht Magda Krawczyk Jim Rongaus Marisol Beltran Linda Lane William & Joyce Ruhaak Benet Academy Marians Ed & Dee Liczwek St. Procopius Abbey Country House Restaurant Roger Major St. Scholastica Mission In Jackie Cullen Gerry and Karen Maguire House Vicky DeLeon Ruth McCarthy Virginia Taglia Kind John and Heidi Durso Stan and Vicky Michalik Ray & Linda Thome Eastern DuPage Deanery Charlotte Miller Tina’s Closet, CCW Bill and Anna Marie Moncrief Tina Karakoutis Gifts Tom and Nellie Fassbender Jim & Sarah Mulloy Villa St. Benedict Staff Marie Gray Father Cy Nemecek Joan Weinberg Ana Herrera Queen of Heaven Monastery, Catherine Wokas Linda and Gregory Klawitter Warren OH John & Theresa Zigmond

16 Volunteers at Sacred Heart Monastery The Sisters are blessed with many friends who volunteer their time and talent to assist us on our Boards, and with our chapel and monastery needs. They enrich our lives each day by their presence. We are grateful, and say, Thank You. Hugh Anderson Helen Ercegovac Kira Kuo Sarah Mulloy Judy Arcy Angela Fay Dick Lamb Laura Norris Toni Baumgartner Chris Fletcher Sue Lamb Mary Rammien Judy Baylor Art Gravelle Cathy Lentz Catherine Rentz Ann Beranek Carole Gravelle Patrice Lia Margaret Rosauer Emily Brink Jean Hartman Jim Lia Beth Schmitt Michael Budd Ray Hartman Gerry Maguire Hillard Schmidt Alana Cabal Beth Hemzacek Arlene Malloy Susan Shih Carol Cain Rosemary Horne Chris Martin Alice Sima Larry Cena Ron Jablonski Jerry Martin Rosanne Taube Dan Donovan Elizabeth Johnston Julie Mazur John Vidmar Marge Donovan Charlotte Kelly Charles McLimans Peter Wrenn Jane Doyle Rina Knight Gary Menconi Meghan Doyle Ann Knox Richard Merrion

We sincerely regret any omission or errors in our acknowledgements. Please call the Development Office (630.725.6013) with any questions or corrections.

By virtue of our listing in the Official PLANNED GIVING Catholic Directory, the Treasury of the United States has ruled that Benefits of making a Planned Gift, which include wills, contributions to the Sisters fully bequests, life insurance and other estate plans: qualify for federal income, estate and gift tax deduction purposes as  Provide a lasting tribute that offers ongoing support provided within the law. for the Sisters of Sacred Heart Monastery. The legal title of our monastic  Make a gift today without spending current income community is: or retirement resources. Benedictine Sisters of the Sacred Heart  Realize income tax and future estate tax advantages Our FEIN is 36-2169170 while providing for your heirs.  Become a partner in ministry with the Sisters of Persons interested in making special Sacred Heart Monastery. gifts or bequests are asked to contact:  Be remembered in the prayers of the Sisters each day. Sister Jo Anne Form, OSB Development Office The Sisters thank you for considering a bequest to the Sacred Heart Monastery Benedictine Sisters of Sacred Heart Monastery. 1910 Maple Ave. Lisle, IL 60532 630 725-6013 [email protected]

17 ChristCelebrating is Risen Indeed the Triduum He is Risen!

Thursday of the Lord’s Supper

Friday of the Passion of the Lord

The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night Blessing of the Fire and Preparation of the Candle

The Resurrection of the Lord

18 Oblates of St. Benedict Are you among the many who are searching for more in your spiritual journey?

Do you find that your work load is in competition with your relationship with God?

Then perhaps you would like to learn more about becoming an Oblate.

Oblates are women and men, married or single, who hunger for a deeper experience of God. Guided by the Rule of Benedict they find their lives enriched as they join others in prayer, lectio and work in the context of an extended community.

Our Oblates meet on the third Sunday of each month at 2:30pm. For more information, please contact

Sister Karen Nykiel, OSB

at 630-725-6049 or by email at [email protected]

Spiritual Renewal

We welcome you to our colorful, spacious campus, and a sacred space called Sacred Heart Chapel for private prayer and daily Mass. Available for a short stay for quiet, reflective time, our guest house is located in the woods near St. Scholastica Cemetery.

You can meet us, share your story, we can tell you ours.

Should you be interested, call (630.750.6010), or email us [email protected] for available guest house opportunities.

19 Here and There Loyola University student Alana Cabal In the spirit of hospitality… ministered in our chapel as a cantor St. Benedict calls us “to greet strangers as one during her Benet would greet Christ Himself”. Sister Karen Academy years. We Nykiel led a class for six Tuesday mornings welcome her back entitled, “Who is my neighbor?” Participants during her vacations. renewed their understanding and appreciation of our Hindu, Buddhist and Islamic brothers and sisters.

Peggy Mersch retired from her position at Villa St Benedict and joined us as a volunteer in February. Tuesday and Thursday Elizabeth Johnston afternoons, Peggy leads “Mind Games” with is a student at the Sisters. She is also a much appreciated Benedictine driver for the community. Pictured with Peggy University from are Sister Josephine Kallus and Sister Regina Michigan who also Ann Weissmann at the St. Patrick’s party. ministers as a Sunday cantor. We hope she has a restful summer and look forward to her return in the fall

Another new volunteer, Mari Johannon discovered us one day as she was driving down Maple Ave. Her computer skills have been most useful as we rebuild our mailing and donor database. Mari also helps us improves our bodies with chair yoga two Visitors to our chapel have access to times a week. News and Updates in the brochure rack. You can find out what’s happening by We welcome VSB resident Janet O’Brien to visiting our website: www.shmlisle.org our chapel on Sundays as a cantor. Janet was or our Facebook page: active in her Wheaton and now leads Benedictine Sisters of the Sacred Heart. us in prayerful song.

20 Women of Faith for Justice

Since Spring of 2011, peace and justice leaders and advocates have been coming together at Sacred Heart Monastery in Lisle to support and affirm each other and to respond to the needs of women locally and globally. We are mentors, colleagues, and friends, coming together as women of faith for justice connecting with even larger advocacy groups, networks, and support for women everywhere. Our mission statement is: Standing on the shoulders of the women who have gone before us, engaging the next generation of women, we claim our voices as women of faith, responding to the movement of the Spirit within us. Our goal is: to move toward becoming a circle of women that can work together effectively for justice across differences in a way that diverse voices are heard. Our membership is multicultural and interfaith. We warmly invite and welcome all women who share our mission and goal to join us. We have participated in Peace Circles, prayed, shared and presented our first large event, Opening our Eyes to Ethnic Diversity & Racial Justice; Women Coming Together to Pray, to Learn, to Share, to Taste, to Act, at the Tau Center in Wheaton on May 18, 2013. We were co-sponsors of “Faithful Budget: Creating a Federal Budget that puts ‘the least of these’ first” featuring Sr. Simone Campbell, executive director of NETWORK. We also co- sponsored “The Pope Francis Effect: Changing Political Discourse & Challenging the Church of the Global North November 1, 2014 event in LaGrange, IL and “Sparking Courage in an Age of Fear” the January 1, 2015 World Day of Peace interfaith service at North Central College in Naperville. We need to respond to the Fire of the Spirit of God within and among us. In that At a recent meeting, Foruzan Lewis led a presentation and Spirit there are no limits to discussion of the documentary film, “Education Under Fire” what good is possible or what which describes religious persecution of the Baha’i institutional injustices can be community in Iran. addressed and changed! Our meetings begin at 7:00pm the last Monday of each month, except July and December. The location is Sacred Heart Monastery, 1910 Maple Ave., Lisle. Please park in the east lot and enter at the Sacred Heart statue. Women of any faith or ethnicity are welcome. Contact Joyce Ruhaak (815-729-0086 or email: [email protected]) for more information.

21 High Tea with the Sisters Each spring, the Sisters welcome their volunteers from Villa St. Benedict to a High Tea of Thanks and Appreciation. Here are some of our guests from April 25th

22 Villa St. Benedict

Villa St. Benedict redesigned an under-utilized space in the Villa Center transforming it into an exhibit gallery for residents and guests to enjoy.

Our first exhibit on display was a captivating collection of wildlife and landscape photography taken by Villa Center resident Ray Kammer. Visitors to the gallery were treated to Ray’s extraordinary talent and passion for nature photography.

Inspirational religious art took center stage during Lenten week. The artwork was on loan from Villa residents Tom Sularz, Bill Cullen, and the Benedictine Sisters of the Sacred Heart. Each generously shared select pieces to complete this magnificent display.

The response was overwhelming when we asked residents and staff to share their framed wedding photos for our next exhibit. Guests to the gallery are now having fun trying to identify the ‘happy couple’ in each photograph!

This gallery provides Villa St. Benedict endless opportunities. The intent of each display is to inspire, educate, promote conversation, evoke precious memories, or simply allow for quiet moments of reflection. The next time you are on campus, be sure to visit the new gallery area located in the Villa Center on the second floor landing. You won’t be disappointed!

23 Lisle Benedictine Women Sacred Heart Monastery 1910 Maple Avenue Lisle, IL 60532-2164 (630) 725-6000 www.shmlisle.org

Editor Jane Doyle Other Contributors Sister Mary Bratrsovsky, OSB Sister Agnes Knapik, OSB Sister Barbara Ann Svec, OSB Kathy DiCristina

MISSION STATEMENT

The Corporate Mission of the Benedictine counter-cultural in the midst of global fear Sisters of the Sacred Heart is Hospitality. and mistrust. We are determined to create an Directed by the Gospel and the spirit of the environment of non-violence among Rule of Saint Benedict, the mission is based on ourselves that will allow our own members to a commitment to use time, talent and experience gentle warmth and reverence for resources of the Community for those in need. the gift each is to the community. We will create an atmosphere in which the stranger We, the Benedictine Sisters of Sacred Heart will be recognized as a guest - received as Monastery, Lisle, , proclaim hospitality Christ Himself - the gift of God among us. to be our corporate commitment. This mandate, found in the Hebrew scriptures, the We are willing to risk and model that Gospels, and reiterated by Benedict to be the strangers, coming together as friends, can cornerstone for our interaction with one nourish one another in the prayerful another (Rule of Benedict, Chapter 72) and our atmosphere of cenobitic community, can reception of strangers & guests (RB 53), is our share resources, can host and reverence the particular corporate response to the needs of other as sacred. In the act of "opening our this 21st century. door" to the other, we in fact open our hearts - emptying ourselves of ourselves. This will We are proclaiming our commitment to be our gift to those "who knock." With open hospitality as one significant way of being hands, we receive the gift they are to us.