"This is the good zeal which monks must foster with fervent love: they should each try to be the first to show respect to the other"
- Rule of St. Benedict, Chapter 72 verse 3

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St Mary Benedictine Heights and St Joseph Schools Reunion

Monday, August 16, 2010
Graduates and former teachers of St. Mary’s, Benedictine Heights High School & College and St. Joseph Academy are invited to an Open House on Sunday, September 5, 2010 at St. Joseph Monastery, 2200 South Lewis Ave., Tulsa, OK.  The Benedictine Sisters welcome you from 1PM – 4PM for a visit and memory sharing of your former Benedictine teachers.  The afternoon will conclud...

Marquette School Reunion

Monday, August 16, 2010
You are invited to an Open House on Sunday, Sept. 5th at St. Joseph Monastery.  The Benedictine Sisters welcome you from 1PM to 4PM for a visit and memory sharing of your former Benedictine teachers.  The afternoon will conclude with Vespers at 4PM in the Marian Chapel – 2200 South Lewis – offered in memory of priests, sisters, teachers and students of Marquette High School.&...

All Guthrie Catholic Schools Reunion

Tuesday, July 13, 2010
The Catholic Schools of Guthrie are holding a reunion on Saturday, September 4, 2010.  Alumni from all four Guthrie Catholic schools are invited.  Please see the flyer for more information....

Community Food Bank Requests Volunteers

Monday, June 07, 2010
Volunteers are needed to assemble emergency food boxes at the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma. They have received a $2 million grant to purchase food for at-risk families this summer. That's enough food to feed 58,000 people in our service area. The food is in the warehouse, but they can't distribute it until emergency food boxes have been assembled. These boxes must be distributed by Sept...

Oblates and Sisters Visit the Connor Farm

Sunday, May 09, 2010
Karla Connor, Oblate, invited the Sisters and Oblates of St. Joseph Monastery to visit her farm and see her baby goats on May 5, 2010.  Karla graciously provided a wonderful lunch including homemade goat cheese and homemade ice cream.  Visitors were able to feed the baby goats as well as tour the beautiful property.  Pictures are available on our website photo gallery.  A great...

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Let the sand fall out…

Sunday, September 05, 2010.

…we must run and do now what will profit us forever. (Prologue 35-38)We can’t loiter in the monastic life, we must run. We run to repent, led by the patience of God; we run to obey, guided by the instructions from God. We must run in this process of accepting that I...
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