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We are excited to begin a new monthly newsletter about all the happenings here at The Benedictine Way and Contemplative Underground. Find information about upcoming events, retreats, prayer opportunities, resources and more here.
Join us at The Benedictine Way for a new summer fundraiser for our pantry and urban gardens, a dinner series called “Tables of Hope.”
Our Prior, Br. James Dowd, joined with Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe in the keynote dialogue at the 2025 North American Cathedral Dean’s Conference.
The community of The Benedictine Way is excited to - formally - introduce the Contemplative Underground, an online branch of our community searching for God through a contemplative lens. The Contemplative Underground unites contemplatives and those seeking to explore what contemplative prayer might mean in their lives.
In the next five years we pray for continued growth in our life of prayer, service to the poor and forgotten, and the building of genuine Christian community. This is our future, and we are ready to thrive into it. We write you today to ask your support through a 2025 pledge or a one-time donation.
At the 2022 General Convention, the delegates passed a resolution naming the third Sunday of Epiphany as Religious Life Sunday. The Convention had in mind that the entire church would celebrate the vocation of Religious Life: those living the life of monks, nuns, friars, etc. This is a way that our church calls us to lift up the Religious Life to the entire community of believers, to encourage the support of these communities, and most of all, to encourage vocations to that life.
Will you look to the future with us? Please make a generous donation today to help us continue to grow our ministries throughout Nebraska and America’s heartland. You can give to our annual appeal here. If you prefer, you may make an annual pledge of support online or send a check.
The Community of The Benedictine Way invites you to our Advent offerings this year! A Taize Service on Tuesday, December 5 at 7 pm, and a Young Adult Retreat on Saturday, December 16, 9 am - 2 pm.
St. Benedict’s Food Pantry is now open every Tuesday evening from 4-6 PM, in addition to their regular service on the first, second, fourth, and fifth Saturdays of the month.
Leo Adam Biga of The Reader wrote an excellent article about our Prior, Br. James Dowd, “In going from the stage to the sacred to meet people where they’re at, Brother James Dowd founded the Midwest’s first Episcopal monastery, Incarnation, in 2018.”
On Saturday, March 18 from 9 AM - 1 PM, The Benedictine Way will hold a special Lenten Retreat for Young Adults at Incarnation Monastery. Young adults are invited to join Br. James Dowd, OSB and Abby Z. Ybay, Obl/OSB for a retreat focused on finding peace in chaos: the chaos of our internal world, and the world around us. Lunch provided. All are welcome.Please email Br. James at jdowd@episcopal-ne.org to RSVP for this retreat.
The Benedictine Way had a wonderful and blessed residency in Chadron, NE last week, and we are excited to share our stories with you through the Episcopal News Service! Read the article here, and check out our pictures from the 9-day trip.
From Saturday, January 28 through Sunday, February 5, Grace Episcopal Church in Chadron will host the community of The Benedictine Way for a 9-day monastic residency. “While here, we want to share the peace and joy of our contemplative way of life with the people of Chadron and the entire panhandle,” says Br. James Dowd, Prior of Incarnation Monastery and The Benedictine Way.