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Women’s Retreat 2025
The Sisters hosted our annual Women's Retreat at the Montfort facility from September 13 to 14, 2025. With the fall foliage beginning to appear around the beautiful grounds, the retreat offered an opportunity for prayer, reflection, camaraderie, and even some crafts....
Morning Star Summer ’25
This year, the Morning Star Camp season kicked off with ladies traveling by plane, bus, or car from to participate in the Morning Star Leadership Week, held from June 15-21. This program, designed for girls dedicated to living and sharing their Catholic faith, is...
Corpus Christi 2025
The Morning Star Camp season has officially begun at our home camp facility! The 2025 Leadership Camp participants made history by celebrating the Feast of Corpus Christi for the first time during the program. Thanks to Father McCambridge, FSSP, the camp chaplain (and...
May Procession 2025
“May the Mother of Jesus and our Mother, always smile on your spirit, obtaining for it, from her Most Holy Son, every heavenly blessing.” ~St. Padre Pio This year our annual May Procession to honor our Blessed Mother took place on Mother's Day! How perfect! Enjoy the...
We Moved In!
We have officially moved into the new addition at IHM School, which includes a brand-new refectory and kitchen! Although we are still adjusting to the layout of the new space, it has been fantastic to have more room to work with. Just take a look at this spectacular...
Easter Pilgrimage
During Easter Week, we embarked on a Ladies' Pilgrimage to New York! Our journey began at The Cloisters, a branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Met Cloisters specializes in European medieval art and architecture, with a focus on the Romanesque and Gothic...
Gate of Heaven Christmas
Christmas is particularly special here at Saint Benedict Center. While many visitors come to admire the lifesize Nativity Scene on the front lawn of IHM Chapel or to visit the beautifully adorned inside, the gem of the Sisters’ private Gate of Heaven Chapel is rarely...
Christmas Fair in Photos
The Sisters transform MacIsaac Hall into a quaint marketplace for the monastery Christmas Fair every year! On December 7, 2024, visitors once again enjoyed a wide variety of stalls offering delicious foods, baked goods, and unique gifts handmade at the convent. Kids...
Sisters in the White Mountains
After working to prepare the camp facility for the upcoming winter months, some of the Sisters took the opportunity to enjoy a hike in the nearby White Mountains. Their destination was Arethusa Falls, the tallest single-drop waterfall in New Hampshire, in Crawford...
September 8th Novice
Having completed her months as a postulant, the first step in religious life, Madeleine Robbins took the habit and veil of a Novice on September 8th, 2024. It was symbolically beautiful that on the feast of the Nativity of Our Lady, she would begin a new life with a...
To Bee or Not to Bee
That’s right, the monastery is now happy to be beginning to bee-keep! Thanks to our mentors, the Dragas and Bobkov families, and the donation of a bee hive from the Traylor family, we are off to a good start! Our two hives are happy and seem busy and content with our...
First Profession 2024
Sister Maria Veronica made her First Profession of Vows on the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii, May 8, 2024. Formerly known as Marie Cote, she is the eldest of Rebecca and David Cote's twelve children and a native of Rhode Island. The Cote family happily...
