So I asked my God and he did listen."
The above was written as a hymn to St. Scholastica by a Benedictine monk. All Schools Will Remain CLOSED Until At Least May 31, 2020 . Saint Scholastica's convent was about five miles away from Monte Cassino, where Saint Benedict had built his monastery. St. Scholastica Graduation Ceremony 2020 . posted on: May 19, 2020.
Apr 5, 2017 - St. Scholastica Quote: "I asked you and you would not listen. Dismiss Visit.. Saint Quotes. posted on: June 16, 2020.
St. Benedict's Parish, Baltimore, MD, -- the priests come from St. Vincent Archabbey -- offers a nicely illustrated, brief life of St. Scholastica… posted on: April 26, 2020. Holy Week at Home .
You lived cloistered not far away from your brother, but only saw him once a year for a meeting in a… Read More Prayer to St. Scholastica . posted on: April 8, 2020. The day of their final visit was beautiful, with not a cloud in the sky. An Easter Message from the Chair of our Board .
So I asked my God and he did listen." Born of wealthy parents, you gave up worldly riches for a satisfying spiritual life. Once each year, Scholastica would travel to Monte Cassino, where Benedict would meet her in a building owned by the monastery but outside of the monastery walls.
Please practice hand-washing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. View All . St. Scholastica St. Benedict's twin sister demonstrated the power of prayer "How little do we know revealing who you are: this silence, born of peace, perhaps speaks even more." According to a ninth century tradition, she was the twin sister of Benedict of Nursia. posted on: April 9, 2020. Little is known about Saint Scholastica on earth, save that she was the sister of the great patriarch St. Benedict, and that, under his direction, she founded and governed a numerous community near Monte Casino. St. Scholastica, sister of St. Benedict, consecrated her life to God from her earliest youth.
Her feast day is 10 February, Saint Scholastica's Day.
Scholastica (c. 480 – 10 February 543) is a saint of the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Churches and the Anglican Communion.She was born in Italy. Saint Scholastica, Virgin Short life History. Apr 5, 2017 - St. Scholastica Quote: "I asked you and you would not listen. Stay safe and healthy. Prayer to St. Scholastica St. Scholastica, twin sister of St. Benedict, you were drawn to God from an early age. All Schools will Remain CLOSED Until the End of the School Year . Scholastica was the foundress of the women's branch of Benedictine Monasticism.
After her brother went to Monte Cassino, where he established his famous monastery, she took up her abode in the neighborhood at Plombariola, where she founded and governed a monastery of nuns, about five miles from that of St. Benedict, who, it appears, also directed his sister and her nuns.
Benedict and Scholastica were born around 480 to a Roman noble family in Nursia, Italy. Based on St. Gregory's Dialogues, written and illustrated for children, a delight for adults.
Today, February 10th is the day that the Catholic Church remembers St. Scholastica, a nun who was the twin sister of St. Benedict, the “father of monasticism” in Western Europe. The Holy Twins: Benedict and Scholastica (Putnam's, 2001).