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| | Saint Bede Monastery - Eau Claire, Wisconsin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) |
 | | At the heart of Saint Bede Monastery is a deep, warm, and sincere Benedictine hospitality. |
 | | In following the Rule of Saint Benedict, who urged monastics to "listen with the ear of the heart" to discern the will of God, the Sisters pursue spiritual and personal growth through silence and solitude, lectio divina (holy readings), prayer, daily liturgy of the hours and stability in the monastic life. |
 | | Saint Bede Monastery, for example, is part of 12-member Benedictine federation that includes monasteries in the U.S., The Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Japan and Taiwan, Republic of China. |
| www.saintbede.org /religiousvocations/religiousvocations.htm (936 words) |
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