Signs of Spring The School of Lectio Divina Written by Tod Twist Springtime is an acquired taste in the upper Midwest—the warm days with their buds and blossoms team up alongside the surprise snowfalls and the grey rain for a package deal. The Benedictine Center of St. Paul’s Monastery had a long-awaited taste of Spring…
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Taking Time Away – Mary Elizabeth Ilg
It has been a while since I have gone on retreat. That’s okay—we’ve been pretty busy re-opening the Benedictine Center and getting things off the ground after being closed for eighteen months during the pandemic. The Benedictine Center re-opened on September 1, 2021 and we have been very happy to see many of our guests…
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Seeing God Virtual Exhibit 2022 | Group 5
Seeing God Virtual Exhibit 2022 | Group 5 Enjoy this year's virtual exhibit! We invite you to pause with each image as if you were walking our Gallery at St. Paul’s Monastery and read the artist’s statement about their piece. This exhibit will be shown at St. Paul’s Monastery throughout February and March. VIEW ALL…
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Seeing God Virtual Exhibit 2022 | Group 4
Seeing God Virtual Exhibit 2022 | Group 4 Enjoy this year's virtual exhibit! We invite you to pause with each image as if you were walking our Gallery at St. Paul’s Monastery and read the artist’s statement about their piece. This exhibit will be shown at St. Paul’s Monastery throughout February and March. VIEW ALL…
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Seeing God Virtual Exhibit 2022 | Group 3
Seeing God Virtual Exhibit 2022 Enjoy this year's virtual exhibit! We invite you to pause with each image as if you were walking our Gallery at St. Paul’s Monastery and read the artist’s statement about their piece. The rest of the exhibit will be posted on the blog throughout February and March. Please check back…
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Seeing God Virtual Exhibit 2022 | All Artwork
Seeing God Virtual Exhibit 2022 Enjoy this year's virtual exhibit! We invite you to pause with each image as if you were walking our Gallery at St. Paul’s Monastery and read the artist’s statement about their piece. This exhibit will be shown at St. Paul’s Monastery throughout February and March. Seeing God Virtual Exhibit 2022:…
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Seeing God Virtual Exhibit 2022 | Group 2
Seeing God Virtual Exhibit 2022 | Group 2 Enjoy this year's virtual exhibit! We invite you to pause with each image as if you were walking our Gallery at St. Paul’s Monastery and read the artist’s statement about their piece. This exhibit will be shown at St. Paul’s Monastery throughout February and March. VIEW ALL…
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Seeing God Virtual Exhibit 2022 | Group 1
Seeing God Virtual Exhibit 2022 | Group 1 Enjoy this year's virtual exhibit! We invite you to pause with each image as if you were walking our Gallery at St. Paul’s Monastery and read the artist’s statement about their piece. This exhibit will be shown at St. Paul’s Monastery throughout February and March. VIEW ALL…
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On the Green Grass: Professor Kathleen A. Cahalan
I had an epiphany about lectio divina. Lectio is an epiphany practice. I took a private retreat at St. Paul Monastery the first week of January and in the liturgical calendar it’s the week of Epiphany (following the feast on Sunday). Each of the gospel readings that week tells of an epiphany in Jesus’ ministry…
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In Certain Expectation by Kathy Fleming
Advent has a beautiful simplicity to it that reminds me to turn again toward home; a coming back to myself. It is the only time of the year in Minnesota that always coincides with the change in seasons outside my front door. The trees are bare, and the winter garden is asleep. Winter snow has…
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