This program provides lay men and women an opportunity to answer the call to serve the people of South Dakota. Volunteers live in community housing at Monastery site. Room and board provided. Transportation provided to work sites. The Benedictine Volunteer Program is an opportunity for women and men to join with the Benedictine Sisters in their service to the people of Northeast Kansas and Northwest Missouri.
Volunteers enter into the communal life, prayer, work and ministry of the monastic community.
Several months to a year. Renewable for a second year. Gardening, domestic, elder care, child care, retreat support services, tutoring, clerical, library, hospitality for guests. The goal of the Benedictine Volunteers, affiliated with the Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, is to enable lay persons to share in the prayer and life of a monastic community while they assist in its hospitality and work. Urban and rural locations in Arizona, Oklahoma and Wyoming.