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Our Mission
Seeking God in our life together and enlivened by daily prayer, we, the Benedictine Sisters of St. Scholastica Monastery in Fort Smith, Arkansas, respond to the needs of the people of God in a spirit of hospitality, simplicity, and reverence for one another and all creation.
St. Scholastica Prayer Requests
If you have a special intention, please let the Benedictine Sisters of St. Scholastica Monastery know by filling out this online prayer request form. Your intention will not be listed online, but will be placed on the monastery prayer board. Each sister checks the bulletin board daily and remembers those prayer requests in her personal prayer time.
Stand by the roads and look, ask for the ancient path, which the way to good. Walk on it and find rest for your soul.
Jeremiah 6:16
Weekly Reflection
Weekly Reflection - December 23, 2025
Sacred Waiting
Sister Kimberly Rose Prohaska
Waiting.
How do we wait?
Much of life teaches us the gift of what it means to wait.
We wait for a new moment. We wait for the arrival of a friend to visit or call.
We wait in line, in traffic, for a busy person to finish a necessary task.
We wait to be accepted, treasured, and respectfully understood.
We wait for the next season of our lives, for holidays to come and go.
We wait for the birth of a child and one we helped and hoped to grow.
We wait for the missing loved ones who cannot come back to us.
We wait for a God who listens to every waiting part of us.
We wait.
Waiting is sacred, like the rush that is quieted from the chaos of the day to a night that is both sleeping and silent, making our hearts aright.
As we wait, God does, too. Do we wait with God in view?
Advent is about waiting. How do we wait?
Waiting is calming. Creating something new, are you ready
for what waiting can do for you?
St. Scholastica Monastery
A Community of Benedictine Sisters in Fort Smith, AR
Ways To Help
We at St. Scholastica Monastery are grateful for everything you, as our contributors, do for us. You can contribute to St. Scholastica by prayer, participation, volunteering and donations.
The Journey
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Stories
Everyone has a story to tell. Listen to the vocation stories of some of our Benedictine Sisters.
Come & See
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Is This Your Calling?
From the Pen of Sister Laura Cathcart
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“The most wonderful time of the year” is often considered not so wonderful. Complaints abound about the commercialism of the season, all the while participating in it through ‘necessary’ attendance of office parties, neighbor and family parties, and the unspoken perceived demands to give and receive gifts. The church adds to the festivities by celebrating…
Hesychia House of Prayer
Hesychia House of Prayer is nestled among the Ozark Mountains in New Blaine, Arkansas. The sisters who staff it live a life of prayer and work and offer hospitality to adults of any faith who are seeking quiet time alone with God.
To reserve a reservation for a hermitage please email us at [email protected] or call or text us at (479) 938-7375.