St. Walburg Monastery

St. Walburg Monastery

We Benedictine Sisters of St. Walburg Monastery, faithful to our monastic profession, seek God in community, prayer and work.

We celebrate the presence of Jesus Christ and serve him in all God's people, the young and the old, the sick and the poor, the stranger and the guest.

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Sister Carla Cook, OSB, died peacefully Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at St. Walburg Monastery at age 91. A Benedictine sister for over 68 years, Sr. Carla served as teacher, principal and spiritual director. Her half-sisters Patty Muehlenkamp, Mary Elizabeth Lampe and Ruth Kloenne preceded her in death. Sr Carla is survived by her brothers Robert of West Chester, Ohio and Charles of Baltimore, Maryland, nieces, nephews, many friends and her Benedictine community. Vigil service will be held at 7:00 pm, Sunday, March 11 and the Mass of Christian Burial at 5:20 pm, Monday, March 12 at St. Walburg Monastery. Memorials are suggested to St. Walburg Monastery, 2500 Amsterdam Rd., Villa Hills, KY 41017; www.stwalburg.org. For community obit, click here

Dr. Walter Brueggemann, noted Scripture scholar, will be speaking two evenings in Lent at St. Walburg
 Monastery: March 6 and March 27 at 7:15 pm in the monastery chapel. Click here for more information.

Click here to read Sr. Martha Feder's article in The Messenger on February 2, the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, a World Day for Consecrated Life and why this is an appropriate feast to begin a year celebrating the lives of women religious.

Bishop Roger Foys has declared a Year for Women Religious from February 2, 2012 to February 2, 2013. Click here to read his letter in the Diocese of Covington's newsletter, The Messenger.

Click here for information about our Listen Retreat for Single Women, March 30-April 1.

Click here to read the Fall 2011/Winter 2012 issue of the Oblates Newsletter.

Click here to read the Winter 2011 issue of LEAVEN.

We have a new St. Walburg Monastery blog entitled Reflections from the School

for the Lord's Service. It is a multi-voice blog with different sisters posting every week. New posts will go up on

 Wednesdays. Click here to read.

Click here for the new brochure on the St. Walburg Monastery Guest House.

Click here to read the Summer 2011 issue of LEAVEN.

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