Retreat in Daily Life, hosted by St. Scholastica Monastery in Fort Smith, is taking applications for its 30-week retreat experience that begins in October. The training is based on the 19th Annotation of St. Ignatius’ Spiritual Exercises. The first step is to…
« read »Sister Miriam Hoffman, OSB, a member of St. Scholastica Monastery in Fort Smith, died July 10. She was 92. Born Lucille Marie in Altus to Paul and Gertrude Hoffman, Sister Miriam entered St. Scholastica Monastery as a candidate Aug. 29, 1947. She…
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Sister Stephanie Schroeder, OSB, a sister at St. Scholastica Monastery in Fort Smith for 66 years, died Dec. 7. She was 91. Born Sept. 25, 1932, in Windthorst, Texas to Ben and Sophia Humpert Schroeder, she was named Florentine Lucy. Sister Stephanie…
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« read »Sister Andrea Loran, a member of St. Scholastica Monastery, died July 13 at Chapel Ridge Health & Rehab in Fort Smith. She was 96. Born Helen Loran Aug. 26, 1926, in Rhineland, Texas, to Liberatus and Bertha Strubel Loran, she was the…
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Bishop Anthony B. Taylor celebrates a jubilarian Mass July 8 at St. Scholastica Monastery in Fort Smith with prioress Sister Kimberly Prohaska (left) and jubilarians Sister Leona Marie Selig, Sister Adrian Wewers, Sister Elise Forst and Sister Maria Goretti DeAngeli. A special…
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Sister Pierre Vorster, a Benedictine for 83 years, died March 22 at age 101…
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Vespers will be at 7:30 p. m. April 21. The funeral Mass will be at 10:30 a. m. April 22 at St. Scholastica Monastery with Father Jerome Kodell, OSB, Abbot Elijah Owens, OSB, and Father…
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