Sister Mary Pauline Kramek, OSB passed away on Nov. 20, 2012.

No big deal. “It’s just stuff,” Benedictine Sister Sean Douglas said as she surveyed damage

Despite the noise and rubble of construction, the Benedictine Monastery of Perpetual Adoration retains an air of blessed peacefulness.

CLYDE, Mo. — Benedictine Sister Mary Gertrude Gross, died Feb. 20, at Our Lady of Rickenbach healthcare facility in Clyde. Catherine Mary Gross was born Sept. 28, 1919, in El Centro, Calif., to Swiss immigrants Dominick and Ottilia Gross. Catherine was named after both her grandmothers. She was the second of three children, having an  Read more »