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Celebrating
100 Years "At Home" in Idaho |
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For
100 years we, the Cottonwood Benedictine Sisters,
have helped give shape to daily life on the Camas
Prairie. The monastery prayer board is filled with
requests from friends, family and neighbors; many people
have experienced a sister as a teacher or have received
healing from us at the hospital; more and more local
residents visit the museum or participate in the
on-going retreat and spiritual direction program.
In 1882 Mother Johanna Zumstein
and Sisters Rosalia Ruebli and Magdalene Suter came to
the United States from Sarnen, Switzerland. They lived
and worked at Gervais, Oregon before moving to
Uniontown, Washington in 1884 and then to Colton,
Washington in 1894. In 1907 Mother Hildegard Vogler
brought our Sisters to Idaho with the intent to
establish a permanent community. On April 26, 1909 St.
Gertrude’s was officially declared the Motherhouse —
marking the beginning of 100 years of our presence on
the Camas Prairie. Our journey “home” had taken 25
years.
A century of living, praying, ministering, healing and
working in Cottonwood is just the beginning. We eagerly
enter the next 100 years as we unfold into a gracious
and God-filled future where:
Prayer awakens. Justice impels. Compassion acts.
Thy Kingdom Come.
We
cordially invite all families, oblates,
volunteers, employees, SGA alumni, benefactors and other
friends of the Monastery of St. Gertrude to come and
join the fun and excitement from August 2008 until
August 2009 as we have a Year of Jubilee to commemorate
this special Centennial event: “Celebrating 100 Years
‘At Home’ in Idaho: 1909 – 2009.”
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>SEE MORE
Photos of St. Gertrude's, Past & Present
>LOOK AT
the Centennial Calendar, Come to an Event
>DISCOVER
Our Story &
EXPLORE
Our Historic Timeline
>READ
"Seeing 2020 With a New Vision Statement"
By Prioress Clarissa Goeckner.
From the
Fall 2008 Canticle+
>READ
"Prioress Calls Us Into the Future"
By Prioress Clarissa Goeckner.
From the
Spring 2008
Canticle+
>BROWSE
the Monastery Archives
>VISIT
the Historical Museum at St. Gertrude
>SHOP
for souvenirs
+Articles are in PDF format,
Acrobat Reader is
FREE
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Loving, ever faithful God,
we thank you for this past century of our presence here on the
Camas Prairie. We are grateful for the pioneering women who
established this monastery and laid the foundation for the
Sisters’ works of prayer and service during these past 100 years.
It is
with gratitude and joy that we celebrate our "100 Years ‘at
Home’ in Idaho" and look forward with anticipation to the years
that are yet to be.
We ask for your continued guidance and blessings
on all that you ask of us for the welfare of your people and for
the Church.
May we glorify you through our ministry of
prayer and our commitment to social justice. May we be fruitful
and meet the needs of your people and the earth you have given us
to tend. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ, your Son and our
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Request Copies
of St. Gertrude’s
Centennial Prayer!
Send a SASE to:
Monastery of St. Gertrude
Development Office
Attn: Prayer Card Request
465 Keuterville Rd. Cottonwood, ID 83522 |
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UPCOMING
Centennial Events
November
15, 2008
First Monastic Profession of Novice Katie Cooper; Monastery Chapel, 1:30
PM. For more info call 208-962-3224.
November 16, 2008
Feast of St. Gertrude FREE concert; Monastery Chapel, 2:30 PM. Honoring:
St. Gertrude of Helfta, Patroness of the Monastery, author, spiritual
director and the faculty and students of our former St. Gertrude’s
Academy. SGA Alumni will sing hits from today and yesterday. For
more info call Sr. Angela Uhlorn at 208-962-5064.
December 14, 2008
Cottonwood Community Choir Christmas Concert; Monastery Chapel, 7:00 PM.
Honoring: The Swiss Sisters with Sarnen’s special devotion to the Jesu
Kind (Christ Child) Featuring: Selections by the Sisters. For more info
call 208-962-3224.
SEE ALL Centennial Events,
download the 2008 - 2009 Calendar, and collect FREE souvenir
event posters!
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