Steps Discernment Newsletter Archives Explore back issues of our discernment email newsletter, Steps!   January 2016  (1/5/2016) Your Journey to Epiphany December 2015  (12/9/2015) "Tell me more." October 2015  (10/3/2015) How a Sunrise Changed a Young Girl Forever September 2015  (9/15/2015) Sisters Gather to Share Lifestyles, Prayer with Inquirers August 2015  (8/2/2015) Monastic, Apostolic or Cloistered? July 2015  (7/9/2015) Holy Leisure: Taking Time for God June 2015  (6/10/2015) Taking time to just ... be. May 2015  (5/5/2015) How Benedictine Sisters Pray ... Together March 2015  (3/18/2015) How Benedictine Sisters are Different February 2015  (2/3/2015) A bed and a hot meal: Sister Peggy's ministry lives on December 2014  (11/29/2014) Keeping Jesus in Our Hearts: An Advent Experience November 2014  (11/7/2014) Clues to where you fit in October 2014  (10/3/2014) Who can top God as an employer? September 2014  (9/7/2014) What You Missed Last Weekend August 2014  (8/10/2014) Meet your new Benedictine vocation director July 2014  (7/6/2014) How one Benedictine changed a young mom's life June 2014  (6/6/2014) On a Benedictine Adventure May 2014  (5/2/2014) The "God Moments" in Your Life April 2014  (4/2/2014) The Benedictine "Habit" of Seeking God Together February 2014  (2/2/2014) How Sister Mary Jane changed one young world January 2014  (1/5/2014) A New Year's Resolution for You December 2013  (11/30/2013) Celebrating, Treasuring, Growing: What Advent Gives You November 2013  (11/1/2013) A sign from God? October 2013  (10/10/2013) Q and A: Sister Stefanie on family, ministry, daily life September 2013  (9/7/2013) A peek into Catholic Sisters' history, lifestyles and communities August 2013  (8/7/2013) Feeding young bodies and spirits: A Benedictine ministry Your invitation to a New Discernment Experience!  (7/25/2013) July 2013  (7/4/2013) 7 days to forever! June 2013  (6/6/2013) Still on the road ... to salvation May Steps 2013  (5/3/2013) Evolution of a Benedictine Sister's Ministry April Steps 2013  (4/7/2013) How I Found Peace as a Catholic Benedictine Sister March Steps 2013  (3/11/2013) Going from "No" to "Yes" in One Summer Afternoon February Steps 2013  (2/4/2013) Would you make a good Benedictine Sister? January Steps 2013  (12/28/2012) Christmas in a Monastery December Steps 2012  (12/10/2012) What Obedience and Fidelity will Mean to You November Steps 2012  (11/2/2012) Rooted Here, Rooted Now: What Our Benedictine Monastic Promises will Mean to You October Steps 2012  (10/4/2012) In the Classroom with Sister Stefanie September Steps 2012  (9/4/2012) Dear God, What am I supposed to do with my life? July Steps 2012  (7/11/2012) Responding to a Nagging Sense of "Something More" June Steps 2012  (6/11/2012) Moving Off the Clock during Our Summer Retreat May Steps 2012  (5/3/2012) St. Ambrose Church: Where Sister Claudia is Supposed to Be April Steps 2012  (4/4/2012) Holy Week in a Benedictine Monastery March Steps 2012  (3/6/2012) Decision-Making 101: These Nuns Wouldn't Send me to Africa! February Steps 2012  (2/6/2012) Be Still and Know that I Am: A Vocation Story January Steps 2012  (1/10/2012) Why Sister Charlotte Said - and Still Says - Yes! December Steps 2011  (12/11/2011) How Sister Rosemary Avoided "The Dogs" November Steps 2011  (11/8/2011) The Veil She Prized Turned Out to be a Habit! October 2011  (10/10/2011) Saying Yes to the Holy Spirit: One Sister's Vocation Advice September 2011  (9/2/2011) Missing a Rosary, but Benedictine Habit Otherwise a Great Fit! August 2011  (8/2/2011) The Challenges and Joys of Becoming a Sister July 2011  (7/5/2011) Lessons from a Well-Loved Life June 2011  (6/7/2011) Taking a Leap Outside the Door ... of Your Mind May 2011  (5/4/2011) Replacing Stylish Sling Backs with Sensible Black Flats: What One Woman Gave Up for God April 2011  (4/5/2011) Stability and Our Unconditional Acceptance of God's Plan March 2011  (3/2/2011) The Counter-Cultural and Decidedly Un-Hollywood Life of Benedictine Sisters February 2011  (2/1/2011) Today's Sisters: A New Vision, A New Mission! January 2011 invitation  (1/12/2011) Experience Benedictine Religious Life in 2011! January 2011  (1/4/2011) 1900-1965: How Catholic Sisters Changed Everything! December 2010  (12/1/2010) Hardscrabble Stories of Pioneer Sisters November 2010  (11/2/2010) Peeking into the Life of a New Benedictine Sister October 2010  (10/5/2010) Choosing the Most Joyful Path September 2010  (9/1/2010) How One Sister is Reclaiming a Neighborhood for God August 2010  (8/3/2010) Someone to Come Home To July 2010  (7/2/2010) Window into a Benedictine Retreat: What We See, Do and Learn Summer 2010 invitation  (6/15/2010) Learn about Benedictine Life: Join Us for a Discernment Week! June 2010  (6/2/2010) Out of the Cornfield and into the Convent: One Sister's Story May 2010  (5/4/2010) Called Out of Solitude and Into Community April 2010  (3/31/2010) Putting on the Heart of the World: Praying the Psalms March 2010  (3/2/2010) "Strange" Decision to Visit Monastery Yields Lasting Treasures! February 2010  (2/2/2010) Writing Straight with Crooked Lines: One Sister's Vocation Journey January 2010  (1/5/2010) Spread Your Wings! December 2009  (12/1/2009) Searching for Answers in a Benedictine Monastery November 2009  (11/1/2009) Who I'm Supposed to Be: Finding Peace in a Monastery October 2009  (10/1/2009) How to Know if You have a Monastic Heart September 2009  (9/1/2009) Nourishing Hope at Rock Island Shelter August 2009  (8/4/2009) How One Inquirer Feels July 2009  (7/1/2009) Listening for the Whisper June 2009  (6/2/2009) Known By Our Habit ... of Seeking God Together! May 2009  (5/2/2009) Growing into What God Wants Us to Be April 2009  (4/2/2009) The Transformational Power of Fidelity March 2009  (3/6/2009) Promising Stability in a Disposable World February 2009  (2/6/2009) Could You Live the Benedictine Promises? January 2009  (1/4/2009) Living Here and Now December 2008  (12/5/2008) Listening to Whispers and Nudges: A 37-year Discernment Steps November 2008  (11/6/2008) You want to be a WHAT? Parents share feelings about their daughter's call. Steps October 2008  (10/5/2008) "Rookie Benedictine" Answers Questions Steps September 2008  (9/5/2008) Giving up everything to follow Christ ... then and now Steps August 2008  (8/7/2008) God's Grace Within You Steps July 2008  (7/10/2008) Benedictines Pray Together Steps June 2008  (6/3/2008) Signs God is Calling Steps May 2008  (5/8/2008) What kind of woman makes a good Benedictine? Steps April 2008  (4/4/2008) Life as a new Benedictine: Part 2 Steps March 2008  (3/13/2008) Life as a new Benedictine: Part 1 Steps February 2008  (2/19/2008) Could you become a Benedictine nun? Steps January 2008  (1/3/2008) Epiphany Benedictine Sisters 2200 88th Avenue West Rock Island, Illinois 61201 309-283-2300 Join our Mailing List!