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Core Team
  • Chair -- Sr. Jill Marie Reuber, OSB  (Ferdinand, IN) [email protected]
  • Co-Chair --  Sr. Ann Muczynski, OSB   (Erie, PA) [email protected]​
  • Treasurer & VISION Ad Contact-- Sr. Maria Victoria Cutaia, OSB (Clyde, MO) [email protected]
  • Recording Secretary-- Sister Michael Marie Rottinghaus, OSB (Norfolk, NE) [email protected]
  • Web Coordinator -- Sr. Paz Vital, OSB  (Lacey, WA)  [email protected]​
  • Member at Large, Assist Treasurer & Coordinator of Stable Relationship Groups (Villa Hills, KY )
    • --Sr. Cathy Bauer, OSB [email protected]
  • Liaison with Benedictine Prioresses-- Sr. Anita Louise Lowe, OSB (Ferdinand, IN) [email protected]
    ​ 

NABVFC Membership Directory


ALABAMA 
Sacred Heart Monastery916 Convent Rd. N.E.
Cullman, AL 35055-2019
Phone:  256-734-4622
Monastic Congregation:  St. Scholastica
www.shmon.org
 
Contact: Sr. Karen Ann Lortscher
Cell: 205-919-0637
E-mail [email protected]
 
Sr. Lynn Elisabeth Meadows   Prioress                                   
[email protected]                                                   
 
Sr. Magdalena Craig           Vocation Team/ Postulant/
[email protected]     Novice Director
 
Sr. Karen Ann Lortscher       Director of Vocation Ministry
[email protected]
 
Sr. Janet Marie Flemming     Initial Formation Team
[email protected]


ARKANSAS 
St. Scholastica Monastery

1315 S. Albert Pike
Fort Smith, AR  72903-2411
Phone:  479-783-4147
 Monastic Congregation:  St. Gertrude
www.stscho.org
 
Contact: Sr. Elise Forst
Phone: 479-459-8484
E-mail:  [email protected] 
 
Sr. Kimberly Prohaska             Prioress
[email protected]
 
Sr. Siena Fisk                         Vocation Director
[email protected]
 
Sr. Maria G. DeAngeli            Director of Initial Formation
[email protected]        
 
Sr. Elise Forst               Director of Temporary Professed
[email protected]                   
 


ILLINOIS
 
St. Scholastica Monastery

7430 N. Ridge Blvd.
Chicago, IL  60645-1913
Phone:  773-764-2413
Monastic Congregation:  St. Scholastica
www.osbchicago.org
 
Contact:   Sr. Susan Quaintance
Phone:  773-764-2431 ex. 231
E-mail:  [email protected]
 
Sr. Mary Susan Remsgar           Prioress
[email protected]       
  
 
St. Mary Monastery2200 88th Avenue W.
Rock Island, IL  61201-7649
Phone:  309-283-2100
Monastic Congregation:  St. Benedict
www.smmsisters.org
 
Contact:   Sr. Stefanie MacDonald 
Phone:   309-283-2100
E-mail:  [email protected]
 
Sr. Susan Hutchens                       Prioress
[email protected]
 
Sr. Stefanie MacDonald                Vocation Contact
[email protected]


INDIANA 
Our Lady of Grace Monastery

1402 Southern Ave.
Beech Grove, IN  46107-1197
Phone:  317-787-3287
Monastic Congregation:  St. Gertrude
www.benedictine.com
 
Contact: Sr. Heather Jean Foltz
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 317-619-2220
 
Sr. Julie Sewell                          Prioress
[email protected]
 
Sr. Heather Jean Foltz                Vocation Director
[email protected]
 
Sr. Anne Louise Frederick          Formation Director
[email protected]
      
 
Monastery Immaculate Conception  

802 E. 10th St.

Ferdinand, IN  47532-9239
Phone:  812-367-1411
Monastic Congregation:  St. Gertrude
www.thedome.org
 
Contact:  Sr. Louise Laroche
Phone: 812-631-9549
E-mail:  [email protected]
 
Sr. Anita Louise Lowe                Prioress
[email protected]
 
Sr. Jill Reuber                            Vocation Director
[email protected]
 
Sr. Louise Laroche           Formation Director Post/Nov
[email protected]
 
Sr. Betty Drewes                    Formation Director of
[email protected]              Temp. Professed 



KANSAS
Mount St. Scholastica801 South 8th Street
Atchison, KS  66002-2724
Phone:  913-360-6200
Monastic Congregation:  St. Scholastica
www.mountosb.org
 
Contact: Sr. Marcia Ziska
Email: [email protected]
Ofc: 913-360-6219 Cell: 913-370-3733
 
Sr.  Mary Elizabeth Schweiger                 Prioress
 [email protected]
 
Sr. Maria Heppler                      Scholastic Director
[email protected]                 
 
Sr. Patricia Seipel               Initial Formation Director
[email protected]
 
Sr. Marcia Ziska                       Vocation Director
[email protected]


KENTUCKY 
 
St. Walburg Monastery2500 Amsterdam Road
Villa Hills, KY 41017-5316
Phone:  859-331-6324
Monastic Congregation:  St. Scholastica
www.stwalburg.org
 
Contact:  Sr. Cathy Bauer
Phone: 859-331-6324
E-mail:  [email protected]
 
Sr. Aileen Bankemper                Prioress
[email protected]
 
Sr. Cathy Bauer                         Vocation
[email protected]
 
Sr. Kimberly Porter                    Formation
[email protected]
 
Sr. Rita Brink                             Formation
[email protected]


MARYLAND 
Emmanuel Monastery2229 W. Joppa Road
Lutherville, MD  21093-4601
Phone:  410-821-5792
Monastic Congregation:  St. Scholastica
www.emmanuelosb.org
 
Contact:  Sr. Jo-El McLaughlin, OSB
Cell: 410-821-5792
E-mail:  [email protected]
 
Sr. Kathy McNany                     Prioress
[email protected]
 
Sr. Jo-El McLaughlin                  Vocation
[email protected]
 
 
MINNESOTA   
 
St. Scholastica Monastery1001 Kenwood Avenue
Duluth, MN  55811-2300
Phone:  218-723-6555
Monastic Congregation:  St. Benedict
www.duluthbenedictines.org

Contact:  Sr. Lisa Maurer
Phone:  218-491-5957
E-mail:  [email protected] 
Sr. Beverly Raway                   Prioress
[email protected]
Sr. Lisa Maurer                        Vocation Director
[email protected]            Formation Director
                                 

St. Benedict’s Monastery

104 Chapel Lane    
St. Joseph, MN  56374-0220Phone:  320-363-7070
Monastic Congregation:  St. Benedictwww.sbm.osb.org
 
Contact:  Sr. Mary Catherine Holicky Phone:   320-363-7028
E-mail:  [email protected]
 
Sr. Karen Rose                         Prioress
[email protected]
 
Sr. Marilyn Mark                         Vocation Director[email protected]
 
Sr. Laura Suhr                           Vocation Director Assist
[email protected]
 
Sr. Mary Catherine Holicky         Director of First [email protected]                 Monastic Profession   
                                    Coordinator of Formation Team                                               
 
Sr. Mary Reuter                         Director of Postulants [email protected]                                 &  Novices

Sr. Laureen Virning                    Director of Sisters in
 [email protected]                               Transfer                   


MISSOURI

Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration

31970 State Highway P
Clyde, MO  64432-8100
Phone:   660-944-2221
Congregation:  Benedictine Sisters of
 Perpetual Adoration
www.benedictinesisters.org
 
Contact:  Sr. Maria Victoria Cutaia
E-mail:  [email protected]
Phone: 660-254-7894
 
Sr. Dawn Annette Mills              Prioress General
[email protected]                        
 
Sr. Joan Ridley                          Postulant Director
[email protected]
 
Sr. Ruth Starman                      Novice Director  [email protected]
 
Sr. Maria Victoria Cutaia            Vocation Director
[email protected]


NEBRASKA
 
Immaculata Monastery

300 N. 18th Street                     
Norfolk, NE  68701-3687
Phone:  402-371-3438
Congregation: Missionary Benedictine Sisters of Tutzing
www.norfolk-osb.org
 
Contact:  Sr. Michael Marie Rottinghaus
Phone:  402-992-6032 or 402-371-3438
Email:  [email protected]
 
Sr. Gabrielle Marie Oestrich       Prioress
 [email protected]
 
Sr. Michael Marie Rottinghaus    Formation Directress
[email protected]                              
 
Sr. Kevin Hermsen                    Temporary Directress
[email protected]
 
Sr. Fidelis Marie Lanowich         Vocation Director
[email protected]
 
Sr. Sarah Elizabeth McMahon   Vocation Co-Director &
 [email protected]   Postulant Director
 
 
NEW JERSEY 

St. Walburga Monastery

851 North Broad Street
Elizabeth, NJ  07208
Phone:  908-352-4278
Monastic Congregation:  St. Scholastica
www.bensisnj.org
 
Contact:   Sr. Rosemary Kenny
Cell Phone: 908-723-4391
E-Mail: [email protected]
 
Sr. Mariette Therese Bernier       Prioress
[email protected]
 
Sr. Rosemary Kenny                  Vocation Director
[email protected]
 
Sr. Marcia Lammerding              Post/Novice Director
[email protected]
 
Sr. Mary Feehan                        Temp. Prof. Director
[email protected]


NORTH DAKOTA
 
Annunciation Monastery7520 University Drive
Bismarck, ND  58504-9653
Phone:  701-255-1520
Monastic Congregation:  St. Benedict
www.annunciationmonastery.org
 
Contact: Sr. Agatha Muggli
Phone: 701-255-1520
E-mail:  [email protected]
 
Sr. Nicole Kunze                       Prioress
[email protected]
 
Sr. Nancy Miller                         Director of 1st Professed
[email protected]
 
Sr. Agatha Muggli                     Novice Director
[email protected]                                                    
Sr. Idelle Badt                           Vocation Director
[email protected]     
 
 
 
 
OKLAHOMA
 
St. Joseph Monastery2200 South Lewis
Tulsa, OK  74114
Phone:  918-742-4989
Monastic Congregation:  St. Scholastica
www.stjosephmonastery.org
 
Contact:  Sr. Marie Therese Long     
Phone: 918-746-4207
E-mail:  [email protected]
 
Sr. Marie Therese Long              Prioress
 [email protected]
 
Sr. Barbara Austin                     Vocation Team  
[email protected]
 
Sr. Marilyn Norwood                  Vocation Director
[email protected]
 


PENNSYLVANIA
 
Mount St. Benedict Monastery6101 East Lake Road
Erie, PA  16511
Phone:  814-899-0614
Monastic Congregation:  St. Scholastica
www.eriebenedictines.org
 
Contact:  Sr. Ann Muczynski 
Phone: 814-899-0614 Ext 2511
E-mail: [email protected]
 
Sr. Stephanie Schmidt               Prioress
[email protected]
           
Sr. Ann Muczynski                     Formation Director
[email protected]
 
Sr. Christine Kosin                    Scholastic Director
[email protected]
 
Sr. Valerie Luckey                     Vocation Team
[email protected]
 
Sr. Mary Ellen Plumb                 Vocation Team
[email protected]
 
Sr. Elizabeth Oettel                   Vocation Team
[email protected]
 
 
SOUTH DAKOTA 
Sacred Heart Monastery1005 W. 8th Street
Yankton, SD 57078-3789
Phone:  605-661-8192
Monastic Congregation:  St. Gertrude
https://yanktonbenedictines.org
 
Contact:  Sr. Sharon Ann Haas
Phone: 605-661-8192
E-mail: [email protected]
 
Sr. Penny Bingham                    Prioress
[email protected]
 
Sr. Carmella Luke                       Vocation Director
[email protected]
                                   
Sr. Sharon Ann Haas          Initial Formation Director
[email protected]          
 
Sr. Marietta Kerkvliet                 Postulant Director
[email protected]


VIRGINIA 
Saint Benedict Monastery9535 Linton Hall Road
Bristow, VA  20136-1217
Phone:  703-361-0106
Monastic Congregation: St. Scholastica
www.osbva.org
 
Contact:  Sr. Cecilia Dwyer
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 703-967-8358
 
Sr. Andrea Westkamp             Prioress
[email protected]
    
Sr. Cecilia Dwyer           Formation Director
[email protected]
 
Sr. Kathleen Persson     Vocation Director
[email protected]
 
 
WASHINGTON
 
St. Placid Priory500 College Street NE
Lacey, WA  98516-5339
Phone:  360-438-1771
Monastic Congregation:  St. Benedict
www.stplacid.org
 
Contact:  Sr. Laura Swan
E-mail:  [email protected]
Phone: 360-438-1771
 
Sr. Angela Hoffman                   Prioress
[email protected]
 
Sr. Paz Vital                              Vocation
[email protected]
 
Sr. Laura Swan                         Formation
[email protected]                            

Sr. Dorothy Robinson                Formation
[email protected]





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