Traddy Tuesday: Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles

Another beautiful day in Minnesota, another beautiful order to look at!

Today's community is the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles.

These sisters are absolutely beautiful!  I haven't met any of them, but I think you can tell just by reading their website and looking at their pictures.

They are a Cloistered community with constitutional enclosure--this means that they are able to leave the cloister to run important errands as well as attend special Masses and ordinations.  Other than that, cloistered means that they remain in within the walls of the cloister.  Yes, they can still go outside, as the cloister is usually a gate around hermitages or the convent.

This community is a fairly new one--started in 1995 with the FSSP, and transferring to the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph in 2006.  I'm not sure exactly how many sisters are in their community, but it doesn't look very large.

One of their apostolates is vestment making. They sew vestments for priests. Awesome. A priest that celebrates the TLM in my area said he buys all of his vestments from these sisters and they are amazing.  I got a close-up look at some of them and they are beautiful. From their schedule, it appears they do a lot of manual labor and prayer as well--both good things!

One of my favorite lines on their website is "We do not go on 'home visits' as the convent is our home, but families are allowed to visit ..." A tough reality, but it is so true.

Their website has a lot of information and is really beautiful.  I recommend taking a look at it! And...if you have a soon-to-be-ordained priest who needs a gift, look at their shop!  They use really quality materials, so it's on the spendy side, but it's for Mass, it should be nice!

Check out this picture. Nice!