Live-in Opportunities

Is Jesus Calling you to follow Him as a Benedictine nun at St. Emma Monastery?

Been wondering if you have a monastic vocation?
Want to experience the ore et labora of our monastery?
Desire a closer look?
Want to share our life for a few days but without a commitment to enter on your side?

Single Catholic women, between the ages 16-38, are invited to join us at various times throughout the year to experience our Benedictine monastic life for themselves.

We host three “formal” live-in experiences each year: over the Triduum/Easter, in July and during Advent. Please see the schedule below for our upcoming dates. Additionally, individuals are welcome to come at other times as their schedules permit.

During these visits, vocation guests have the opportunity to explore the possibility that Jesus Christ might be inviting them to follow Him more closely through a monastic vocation with our community.

Participants take part in our daily schedule of prayer – the daily Eucharist and The Liturgy of the Hours – and in our work in the monastery, in caring for guests and in our gift and book shop. Recreational time together belongs also to the monastic day.

Time is also provided to spend in silence, reading and reflecting. Talks with Mother Prioress and the vocation director also offered. The Live-in Experiences normally begins with arrival in the afternoon on the opening day and closes after lunch on the closing day. For those desiring a longer time, arrangements can be made.

Please contact Sr. Mary Clare at 724-834-3060 or email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) for additional information or to register or an upcoming Live-in Experience.

Upcoming Live-in Experiences

Advent Weekend, December 9-11, 2011
Monastic Triduum, April 4-8, 2012
Summer Experience, July 6-11, 2012

Besides these weekends, you are welcome to come at any time that is convenient for you; please let us know about your desire to visit.