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Volunteer Program
at the
Monastery of St. Gertrude
Join us as a monastic volunteer!
The Monastery of St. Gertrude offers many
opportunities to our volunteers to serve in our
monastic community. St. Gertrude's invites monastery
volunteers to live within our
spiritual community, assist on a regular basis with
ministry tasks and community support, or help with
special, monastic community projects.
Our volunteers are invited
to join in daily prayer as they experience a spiritual
lifestyle and the balance and daily rhythm of the
monastic community at the Monastery of St. Gertrude.
The monastery is situated on 150
remote, wooded acres in the heart of northern Idaho’s
Camas Prairie – a beautiful, rural area of plains,
mountains and forest. The monastery campus features
gardens, orchards and spectacular hiking trails while
the surrounding mountains, rivers and forests provide
outdoor adventures of all sorts.
Come and
explore this incredible
setting as a:
- Live-in Monastery
Volunteer
The Benedictine Sisters at the Monastery of St. Gertrude invite you to come and experience a balanced,
spiritual lifestyle of prayer,
work, silence and solitude while you listen to, discern and experience
our monastic community's daily rhythm of activity and contemplation. Applications for
live-in volunteers are accepted from women or men in good health,
between the ages of 21 and 70. Monastery volunteers work approximately four
hours a day. Work opportunities include gardening, outdoor work,
helping with clerical duties, kitchen and dishwashing help,
housekeeping, food preservation, computer work, hospitality or other
activities. Live-in monastery volunteers have time for private prayer,
journaling, walking or other leisure activities and are invited to
share in monastery educational opportunities. Our volunteers are also
invited to join the Benedictine Sisters for daily prayer (Liturgy of the Hours)
and Mass.
For an application* or more information about becoming a live-in
monastery volunteer, contact Sr. Teresa Jackson, Volunteer
Coordinator, at 208-962-3224 or
volunteer@stgertrudes.org.
*We cannot guarantee that applicants will be offered a volunteer
position. First-time monastery volunteers typically stay for up to two
weeks on a trial basis. Volunteers are responsible for their own
insurance, medical costs, personal needs and transportation. Room and
Board is furnished by the monastery. All volunteers are required to
submit references and accept the Volunteer Policy of the Monastery of
St. Gertrude.
- Local Area Monastery Volunteer
We invite our neighbors from the Camas Prairie, Salmon River Country
and the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley to join us as regularly scheduled
monastery volunteers or for special monastic projects at the Historical Museum at St.
Gertrude, Spirit Center or the monastery’s Book & Gift Shop. For more
information please contact Sr. Teresa Jackson, Volunteer
Coordinator, at 208-962-3224 or
volunteer@stgertrudes.org.
- Historical Museum at
St. Gertrude Volunteer
The Historical Museum at St. Gertrude is home to a collection of more
than 70,000 artifacts showcasing the history of north central Idaho,
the story of St. Gertrude’s and the Rhoades Emmanuel Memorial Gallery
– a collection of rare, exquisite Asian and European artifacts dating
to the 14th century. We welcome monastery volunteers to assist with a variety of
jobs. From filing photos and cleaning artifacts to docent work and
helping with exhibits, your service is appreciated. Come help us
preserve the past for the future. For more information please contact
the museum at 208-962-2050 or museum@stgertrudes.org. Stop by
in-person Tuesday through Saturday, 9:30 am to 4:30 pm.
- Spirit Center
at the Monastery of St. Gertrude Volunteer
Spirit Center is a 21,800 square foot, state-of-the-art facility
offering business meeting and spiritual retreat space with hospitality and simplicity in
a Christian environment of peace and beauty. We are looking for
monastery volunteers
interested in assisting us with this ministry and have a variety of
opportunities for short-term projects as well as on-going, regular
commitments. Currently we are in need of volunteers to help with
hosting events, marketing and maintaining databases. For more
information please contact Spirit Center at 208-962-2000 or
spirit-center@stgertrudes.org.
- Monastery of St.
Gertrude Book & Gift Shop
Volunteer
Just inside the front door of the monastery, the Book & Gift Shop
offers a variety of cards, gifts, books, music, fair trade goods,
craft items, jams, candles, soaps and more made by the Benedictine Sisters, as
well as T-shirts, coffee mugs and other logo items. The Book & Gift
Shop provides all levels of retail business volunteer opportunities,
from preparing product displays and assisting with in-store and online
sales, to inventory management and more. If you enjoy working with the
public, your help is needed in our shop. For more information contact
the Book & Gift Shop at 208-962-5022 or
gsinformation@stgertrudes.org.
For more information about
the Monastery of St. Gertrude Volunteer Program,
please contact Sr.
Teresa Jackson, Volunteer Coordinator,
at 208-962-3224 or
volunteer@stgertrudes.org.
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