Center for Benedictine Life at the Monastery of St. Gertrude

Center for Benedictine Life at the Monastery of St. Gertrude Benedict now more than ever. The Monastery of St. Gertrude is a Benedictine community which welcomes people of all faiths, richly connected through prayer.
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We are the Center for Benedictine Life: Sisters, oblates, employees and friends sharing Benedictine spirituality beyond the monastery because the world needs St. Using early Christian communities as our model, we live out the values of praying together, living together, sharing all things in common, and serving the wider community and one another. We are a Catholic religious community that intenti

onally manifests Benedictine spirituality in the world. Through our growing Spirit Center retreats, our skilled facilitators minister to nearly 3,000 individuals with many backgrounds. We strive to be models for the broader community through our award-winning Peace & Justice and Care of the Land ministries. Like many Benedictine monastic communities throughout history, our monastery is serving to protect a cultural heritage as well as a spiritual one. We are preserving the past for the future through our Historical Museum that is engaged in carefully curating artifacts and faithfully interpreting the stories they represent. We are a sanctuary for the arts with dynamic classical and sacred music performances as well as art retreats and programs that serve to deepen spirituality through creativity. We express Benedictine hospitality through the Inn at St. Gertrude and other programs. Our ministries, our community, and this sacred place are made vibrant through the extensive network of people who generously support our mission with their time, talent and financial support, including co-workers, oblates, retreatants, and our wider community of friends. As we seek philanthropic support for our ongoing ministries, your gifts will enable us to fulfill our mission, sustain our dynamic ministries, care for sisters, and preserve and steward our buildings and grounds. We are committed to prayer and bringing about the Kingdom of God. Since our founding 130 years ago, our community has lived the centuries-long Benedictine legacy of continual prayer, service, and community life. Today, we seek to pass this legacy on to the next generations of our community — not just sisters, but the thousands who come to the Monastery of St. Gertrude to pray and seek God together. With your support, we can move into a bright future knowing that our presence, our ministry, our faith, and our prayers witness to the transforming power of a way of life centered on God. Our vision:

Prayer awakens. Justice Impels. Compassion Acts. Thy Kingdom Come. Our mission:

Eager to welcome God’s transforming power in ourselves and our world, we seek God together through monastic profession and respond with our core values: Healing Hospitality, Grateful Simplicity, and Creative Peacemaking

06/14/2026

11th Sunday in Ordinary Time

One of the servants in the parable of the talents. If you care to, spend ten minutes with this image. Give God a chance ...
06/13/2026

One of the servants in the parable of the talents. If you care to, spend ten minutes with this image. Give God a chance to speak to you from it. What do you hear? What strikes your heart?

Thomas Keating--The chief thing that separates us from God is the thought that we are separated from God.
06/12/2026

Thomas Keating--The chief thing that separates us from God is the thought that we are separated from God.

06/10/2026

St. Benedict--Reading should always accompany the meals of the community.Credit: Jonathan Lim
06/08/2026

St. Benedict--Reading should always accompany the meals of the community.
Credit: Jonathan Lim

Corpus Christi
06/07/2026

Corpus Christi

06/07/2026

The Feast of the Body of Christ

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