In the News
Read or listen to what others have said about Holy Wisdom Monastery
January 2013
- Wisconsin State Journal: In the Spirit: ‘Rock star’ nun providing a big draw in Madison by Doug Erickson
October 2012
- Wisconsin State Journal, 77 Square Online: Meet the Chef: Barbara Wright by Samara Kalk Derby
September 2012
- Waunakee Tribune: Finding Joy in Cooking by Roberta Baumann
July 2012
- Wisconsin State Journal: Businesses that Volunteer: Lands’ End employees pull invasive weeds to help lakes by Jill Carlson
May 2012
- Busted Halo: Benedictine Life in the 21st Century by Elizabeth A. Elliott
- Wisconsin State Journal Around Town Middleton Verona Insert: Working on the land, living in community
February 2012
- She-Magazine: Time to retreat by Mary Bergin (pages 38-39)
- Wisconsin State Journal: Holy Wisdom Monastery provides church services for disaffected local Catholics by Doug Erickson
- Wisconsin State Journal: ‘A bible in one hand The New York Times in the other’ by Doug Erickson
- Madison Magazine: The Sound of Silence by Rosemary Zurlo-Cuva
January 2012
- NBC15.com: Holy Wisdom Monastery by Leigh Mills
December 2011
- The New York Times: In Pennsylvania, a Quick Shot of Peace, on a Budget by Susan Gregory Thomas
Holy Wisdom Monastery is listed as a place for retreats on a budget
August 2011
- The New York Times: If I Were President by Jesse Kornbluth
Read about what Sister Mary David Walgenbach would do if she were president
May 2011
- High Performing Buildings (includes information on energy usage statistics at Holy Wisdom Monastery)
April 2011
- Sojourners: “Sister Act” by Betsy Shirley
- Text of article is available on our blog
- PDF version (5 MB) with color photos is reprinted with permission from Sojourners, (800) 714-7474, www.sojo.net
- Top Ten Greenest Buildings Globally by CleanTechies.com
September 2010
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: WI is Home to Greenest Building in Nation
- Technologies in Worship: LEED by Example
- Appleton Post-Crescent: Appleton design firm Hoffman LLC earns highest LEED certification with Holy Wisdom Monastery
July 2010
- Lake Views, newsletter of the Yahara Lakes Association: “Care for the Land” Includes The Yahara Lakes pp. 4-5
- Solaripedia: Holy Wisdom Monastery Goes Ultra-Green
June 2010
- WISC Madison: Local Monastery Achieves LEED Status
- Bloomberg Businessweek: A Religious Experience in Sustainability
- AARP: Green on the Prairie
May 2010
- AOL Small Business: Design Firm Sets Out to Build America’s Greenest Monastery
- The Zweig Letter: The Holy Wisdom of Green Design
- New Hampshire Sentinel Source: Green Monastery is Heavenly for Benedictine Sisters
April 2010
- Building Online: Monastery Becomes Highest-Rated LEED Building in U.S.
- Wisconsin Public Radio: Here on Earth interview with Sisters Mary David and Lynne
- Wisconsin State Journal: Holy Wisdom Monastery in Middleton gets top LEED rating
March 2010
- Money Talks: The Greenest Building in the US is a Monastery
- Hoffman LLC: Holy Wisdom Monastery
- Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice: Holy Wisdom Building Wins Highest Energy/Environmental Rating
- Press release: Wisconsin Monastery Achieves Platinum Certification from U.S. Green Building Council
February 2010
- Insight Magazine: Prayer on the Prairie
- MG&E: Green Businesses
November 2009
September 2009
- Sustainable Times: New Monastery Unity and Green Innovation
August 2009
- Wisconsin State Journal: Westport monastery is on ‘cutting edge’ of green technology
July 2009
- Waunakee Tribune: New Benedictine monastery strives for zero carbon footprint
June 2009
- WISC TV video: Going Green (takes a minute or two to load)
- WISC TV text: Benedictine Sisters Building Green Monastery
February 2003
- National Catholic Reporter: First Ecumenical Community for Women
- National Catholic Reporter: A Way to Nourish a Contemplative Seed in a Protestant Heart
Have seen others covering Holy Wisdom Monastery on sites that aren’t listed here? Please forward on to Carolyn or call 608-836-1631, x119.
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