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Fall 2021 Expansion Update!
The Brothers were very busy this summer with the many projects here at the monastery and at Montfort Retreat – site of the Summer Youth Camps. Still, they managed to make some great progress on the...
Advent: Prepare Your Heart!
Advent, the season of preparation for the great feast of Christmas, is quickly approaching! We wanted to share a few of our traditions that we keep here at the monastery during this beautiful season...
Follow the Saints
A history-making All Saints' Procession took place at Saint John the Guardian of Our Lady Parish for the first time on Sunday, October 31, 2021. Under the direction of Father James Mazzone, pastor,...
New Items in Our Shop!
'Tis the season for shopping… so be sure to Shop Catholic this Christmas! The Sisters have designed some lovely new items for our "True Devotionals Gift Shop" recently! Be sure to check them out,...
Fall 2021 Newsletter
The Fall 2021 "From the Center" Newsletter now available for your enjoyment here online! The newsletter is a great way to stay up to date on everything that is going on at the monastery. This issue...
New Postulants
This fall the Sisters, Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, accepted two new postulants. Emma Lekovic was accepted on the feast of Our Lady's Nativity, September 8, 2021 and Marie Cote was...
Expansion & Upkeep
The exterior of IHM Expansion Project is now a lovely structure, completing the New England style school building. Windows and siding are on most of it and the wrap-around porch is being constructed...
Happy Campers in Idaho!
The state of Idaho again hosted both Montfort Boys Camp and Morning Star Girls Camp this summer on the same week… but ironically at completely opposite ends of the state! Read about both camps (and...
Montfort Camp Season 2021
The Montfort Camps, directed by the Brothers MICM, had a full attendance of campers and staff once again for the 2021 camp season! (Be sure to see the two videos below!) The season opened with a...
Morning Star Camp: 40 Years!
The Sisters just finished up their 40th season of Morning Star Camp for Catholic Girls! The 2021 camp season featured four 1-week sessions for girls including a week of Leadership Camp, two weeks of...
New! Damien of Molokai Issue!
This is the timely story of Father Damien De Veuster, the intrepid priest who, instead of fleeing sickness to preserve his own health, rather gave his life for those suffering from the horrors of...
Feast of Corpus Christi
In the providence of God, this year the feast of Corpus Christi fell on the last day of classes for the 2020-2021 academic year. For the first time in over a year the entire student body attended...
Sponsa Christi!
On the feast of the Queenship of Mary, May 31, 2021, Sister Gabriel Marie made her Final Profession of Vows and Christel Lim was accepted as a Novice! What a perfect day for our Heavenly Queen! Read...
Queen of the May
Each day of May is "Mother's Day" for Our Lady here at Saint Benedict Center! The delightful weather and all the flowering trees and blossoms make the monastery grounds just about perfect! What an...
Spring 2021 Newsletter
The Spring 2021 "From the Center Newsletter" is going to press as we write! Soon it will be on the way to our subscribers in a lovely little packet from the monastery! Get a sneak peek by viewing it...
Expansion Update Videos
Spring is here in Still River, and with the good weather comes great progress on the IHM School Expansion Project! As the 2020-2021 academic year wraps up, everyone watches the developments of the...
Organ Donor
On March 18, 2021, our 30 year-old organ at Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel was replaced with a new Rodgers organ that was given in memory of Rita Rose. The improved sound of the new organ...
Lumen Christi!
The Sacred Triduum was celebrated here at Saint Benedict Center in it's wealth of prayer and tradition. Thanks to Father Becker, and our host of well-trained altar boys, the sacred rites of Holy...
Rose Window Work
The rose window in Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel has crowned the altar reredos since its installation in 1980. The window, featuring the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary and the Immaculate Heart,...
Easter Blessings
"The Easter proclamation spreads throughout the world with the joyful song of the Alleluia. Let us sing it with our lips, and let us sing it above all with our hearts and our lives, with a manner of...
A New Site for the Sisters!
The Sisters, Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary of Saint Benedict Center, are excited to announce their SistersMICM.com website! The new site, designed and executed by Sr. Marie Bernard, was...
New! The Martin Family Issue
A unique issue of "From the Housetops Magazine" is getting ready to ship from Mancipia Press this week! The issue features the members of the Martin Family ~ the family that produced one of the most...
Faith in Florida
Three Brothers brought a little bit of Montfort Camp down to the town of Ave Maria in Florida over February break, from February 13th to the 19th. The warm, 90-degree weather was only surpassed by...
Sweet Still River
With lumber cut on our own sawmill, a lovely little sugar shack was constructed in the backyard of Saint Elizabeth’s Convent by the Brothers during the March lock down. This log cabin structure was...