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Many thanks to you,
our donors, for your loyal and generous support for many areas of the monastery
throughout the year. Your faithfulness, especially during the economic
uncertainty of the times, is an inspiration and an encouragement to all. With
regard to year-end gifts, please note that 2009 gifts must be postmarked (or
hand-delivered to the monastery) no later than December 31, 2009. Checks
written with December dates that are postmarked or delivered to the monastery
in January must legally be recorded as 2010
gifts, not 2009. Thank you in advance for helping the Foundation follow IRS rules that pertain to year-end giving. If
you have questions or need additional information, please contact Betsy at bliotus@benedictinewomen.org or 608-836-1631, ext
120.
Prayer/Worship
Christmas Eve Service
December 24, 2009 at 8:30 p.m.
No service on Christmas Day.
Monastic Community
Prayer ScheduleAll are welcome to pray in the monastery each day at morning, midday and evening, according to the monastic pattern of worship using hymns, psalms, scripture, and prayer. Please note that there will be no public celebration of common prayer during the Christmas and New Year holidays starting at 12 noon on December 24, 2009. The regular prayer schedule will resume on Monday, January 4, 2010. Click here for the prayer schedule.
Sunday Worship
Join our Sunday Assembly at
9 a.m. each Sunday in the Assembly Room at Holy Wisdom Monastery. Our liturgy is ecumenical and all are welcome. Sunday Assembly worship will continue as normally scheduled on both December 27 and January 3 during the holiday season. Centering Prayer
A group of Sunday Assembly members and Oblates hold Centering Prayer gatherings on the first and third Wednesdays of the month at 7 p.m. in the Community of Benedict room (lower level) of the retreat and guest house. All are welcome.
Taizé Prayer
A rich contrast of silence and song held monthly October-May
at 7:30 p.m.
2010: Jan. 22 | Feb. 26
March 26 | April 23 | May 28
For more information about prayer and worship contact Lynn at
llemberger@benedictinewomen.org or 608-836-1631, ext. 138. Retreats
Hospitality: Loving from the Inside Out
February
25-27, 2010
Hospitality practiced in the Benediction tradition can
open us up to love ourselves and others with clear heart and mind. Register by February 18, 2010. You can contact Jerrianne Bland, Director of Retreats, at jbland@benedictinewomen.org or 608-836-1631, ext. 158.
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Help us raise funds by using Good Search when you search on the Internet. Just go to www.goodsearch.com, enter Benedictine Women of Madison under Who Do You Goodsearch For, then type in your search information.Photo of newsletter header by Martine Debaisieux.
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A blessed Christmas and peaceful New Year to you!
-Benedictine Women and Co-Workers,
Holy Wisdom Monastery
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Photo Albums from
Milestones on the Journey
The Milestones on the Journey celebration and dedication weekend from November 14-15, 2009, was a huge success! Thanks to the 500+ who attended the celebration on Saturday night, the 400+ who attended the dedication service on Sunday morning, and the 200 who attended the open house on Sunday afternoon. Thanks to volunteer photographers Greg Bleck and Sandy Wojtal-Weber, we have many wonderful photos to share with you through these online web albums.
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Sabbatical Time:
Listening to the Spirit
Within
By Sr. Mary David Walgenbach, OSB
Prioress
I received a three-month Lilly
Sabbatical grant for Pastoral Leaders in 2009. The time I chose was April 15 through
July 16, closing with a family celebration for my mom's 96th
birthday.
The purpose of my sabbatical was to take time to
renew, to reflect and to remember: "to bend back" over my community's journey of
becoming the first ecumenical Benedictine monastery in North America. I
accomplished my purpose. more
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Nancy
Sandleback: Librarian and Archivist at Holy Wisdom Monastery
By: Mike Sweitzer-Beckman
Development and Communications Coordinator
Nancy
Sandleback joined the Benedictine Women of Madison staff 13 years ago and took
charge of the library in 1999. The year 2009 marks the first time since she's
been here that the library and archive rooms are in the same space, and she
doesn't need to commute between two different buildings. Nancy spends most of her time working
on the archives of the monastery. The rest of her time is spent maintaining the
4,000 volumes in the library. These volumes cover the history of Christianity,
ecumenical relations, moral theology, eco-spirituality and feminist theology. more Jan Summers, a member of the Oblate Community and Sunday
Assembly, enjoys reading a book in the morning sunlight in
the new library.
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New
Monastery Education
By: Neal Smith
Executive Director The
new monastery building is completed and everyone is moved in! Benedictines are
believers in "life-long learning." So, what will the new monastery be used for
from an educational perspective? There
are many facets to be explored and many new ideas as we work to fully utilize
the new building. more
To view Holy Wisdom Monastery's LEED Education Plan, please click here. |
A Match Made in Heaven!
By: Sr. Mary David Walgenbach, OSB, Prioress and
Drew Howick, President, Benedictine Life Foundation Board of Directors
The economic reality of the last 12 - 18 months has taken
its toll on most of us in one way or another. Our "Restore the Land, Renew
Your Spirit" building campaign is no exception. This reality makes it all
the more amazing that more than $700,000 of our $2 million goal has
already been raised! Thank you to all who contributed since the
building campaign began in 2008.
To help
maintain our momentum, two anonymous donors each offered to match up to $100,000 contributed to the campaign by December 31, 2010.
Yes, $200,000 from these generous donors + $200,000 from family and friends can
become, with your help, $400,000 in new gifts to the campaign! As an added incentive, if $100,000 can be raised by the
end of this year we will receive $50,000 of the match money in
2009. more
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