
The Founding of the St. Scholastica Community in Shoal Creek, Arkansas
Benedictine Sisters, St. Scholastica Monastery
Fort Smith, Arkansas
American history cannot be told without recounting the inspired and faithful service of women religious. Across centuries and decades, their efforts—abundant with creativity, compassion, and courage—have changed countless lives. From their missions to open orphanages in war torn countries, to establishing and staffing hospitals in developing urban centers, to founding schools as teachers and administrators, to marching for civil rights, WRAC ensures these Catholic sisters’ legacies.
Here are a few of their stories:

Benedictine Sisters, St. Scholastica Monastery
Fort Smith, Arkansas

Sisters for Christian Community

Sisters of Loretto
Kentucky

Benedictine Sisters of Nanaimo
House of Bread Monastery
Nanaimo, B.C.

Benedictine Sisters, Mother of God Monastery,
Watertown, South Dakota
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