The Benedictine Medal












Patricia Crowley OSB, Prioress

We are a community of 48 women committed to contemplative prayer, community life and ministries that respond to the changing demands around us.

Registrar
Teacher
Pastoral Associate

Living with monastic hearts provides us the peace and quiet that enables us to move into the noise and activity of the city with commitment, conviction and realism.
We strive to live out Benedict's call to "Listen, my daughter, with the ear of your heart". We listen through communal prayer and scriptural reflection; we hear God's call through dialogue with one another; we seek to respond as we are able WHERE THERE IS NEED, our community tradition and charism.
Director of St. Joseph Court Infirmary
Ministry of prayer
Archeologist

Handcrafter

Our many ministries mirror the needs of the communities in which we live.
Prayer ministry in Colorado
Proofreader, librarian and sacristan
Administrative Assistant for a religious community.

Psychiatric Social Worker
Music ministry in Colorado
Pastoral Counseling Intern

We work in education and teach at all levels; we minister in parishes and hospitals; we work with those who are homeless and those who are imprisoned.

Pastoral Associate


We bring our individual giftedness and personal charisms, nurtured by our lived experiences to the people of God here in Chicago as well as in Colorado.
Community Archivist
Executive Director of Grand Valley Catholic Outreach
Director of British Infant School
Our Benedictine Roots
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