Benedictine Sisters of Chicago 

Above is the icon and story of St. Scholastica, this version created in 2012 by Paula Howard, OSB © Mount St. Scholastica, Atchison, Kansas St. Scholastica and her twin, St. Benedict, grew up in Italy. She founded a monastery for women near her brother's monastery at Monte Cassino. This icon shows St. Scholastica both inward in thoughtful contemplation and outward in love and concern. The dove represents her soul reaching toward heaven in simplicity of heart and love of praye

We join our sisters in the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) to raise “…a clear and unwavering moral voice:  violence is not the Gospel response .”   We, the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago, stand firm in our “support of comprehensive immigration reform”… and “support actions aimed at promoting the dignity and well being of those seeking the opportunity for productive lives in our nation” ( Statement in Support of Immigrants, 2013 ). Over many years we have watch

As sisters who pray daily for peace, we support the statement “Charting a Moral Vision of American Foreign Policy” released Monday from Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago; Cardinal Robert McElroy, archbishop of Washington; and Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss .R., archbishop of Newark. The statement begins: “The events in Venezuela, Ukraine, and Greenland have raised basic questions about the use of military force and the meaning of peace. The sovereign rights of n