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“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

  • Sister Marie Therese Long, OSB Elected Prioress

    March 20, 2019
    After a wonderful weekend of discernment, St. Joseph Monastery elected Sister Marie Therese Long, OSB to serve the monastery as its 14th Prioress. Sister Marie Therese joined the monastery in 1993 and made her perpetual monastic profession in 1999. She most recently served as vocation and formation director.
  • Sr. Christine Meets Pope Francis

    November 15, 2018
    Our Prioress, Sr. Christine Erieser, met Pope Francis in Rome. She attended the Communio Internationalis Benedictinarium symposium at San Anselmo while in Rome.