• Community Art Exhibit Opening Reception

    Holy Wisdom Monastery 4200 County Road M, Middleton, WI, United States

    Opening Reception You are invited to the Community Art Exhibit opening reception, on Sunday, July 21, 2024, 10:15 am at Holy Wisdom Monastery. Meet the artists, enjoy some cookies and view an amazing collection of art from a variety of different artists, all from the Holy Wisdom Community of Communities. No registration is necessary for the reception, and all are welcome, so bring your friends. Community Art Exhibit July 16-Sep. 16, 2024, at Holy Wisdom Monastery This exhibit celebrates the talents of our community members – people from the Friends of Wisdom Prairie, Sunday Assembly, Oblates, the Center for Clergy ...

  • Community Cookout

    Holy Wisdom Monastery 4200 County Road M, Middleton, WI, United States

    Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024 – rain or shine You are invited to the Community Cookout at Holy Wisdom Monastery on August 8, 2024, 5:00-7:00 pm for a fun, casual, community building event. This is a great event to come to if you've been curious about Holy Wisdom Monastery and looking for a reason to visit or if you want to support the monastery while the Retreat & Guest House is shut down for geothermal work. Please encourage your friends and family to come, all are welcome! All proceeds will go to support the mission and work of the monastery. Please ...

  • Celebration of Monastic Profession

    Holy Wisdom Monastery 4200 County Road M, Middleton, WI, United States

    You are invited to celebrate with the sisters as Sister Everline Jeruto, OSB makes her final profession as a member of Benedictine Women of Madison and Sister Joanne Kollasch, OSB renews her promises of her 70th anniversary of profession during the Sunday Assembly liturgy on September 22. Join us for worship followed by a meal provided by the sisters' community. Schedule 9:00 am - Sunday Assembly, ecumenical Eucharist 10:30 am - Brunch provided

  • HWM Annual Meeting

    Holy Wisdom Monastery 4200 County Road M, Middleton, WI, United States

    We welcome all community members and friends to join us on Sunday, October 27, 2024, at 10:30 am for the Holy Wisdom Monastery Community-wide Annual Meeting. We invite you to attend virtually via Zoom, or in-person in the monastery dining room. You are welcome to join us for Sunday Assembly worship at 9:00 am, before the annual meeting. This Sunday is a Hospitality Sunday, so please consider bringing a dish to share, and enjoying food during the annual meeting. Learn from sisters and coworkers about the impact of your donations, about Holy Wisdom's financial position, as well as projects around ...

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  • Advent: To Seek and to Save the Lost (in-person)

    Advent: To Seek and to Save the Lost
    Holy Wisdom Monastery 4200 County Road M, Middleton, WI, United States

    The Advent season returns us to the incarnation of the Christ-spirit and its power to restore us in hope and renew us in purpose. This series takes its starting point from the Gospel of Luke where Jesus says he has come "to seek and to save the lost." Sometimes the language of saving doesn't always set easily with us. Nor does the suggestion that we are somehow lost! Yet, in setting aside time to listen with the ear of our hearts to Jesus, to Luke, to each other and to our own inner longings – we may find ourselves newly ...

  • Advent: To Seek and to Save the Lost (virtual)

    Holy Wisdom Monastery 4200 County Road M, Middleton, WI, United States

    The Advent season returns us to the incarnation of the Christ-spirit and its power to restore us in hope and renew us in purpose. This series takes its starting point from the Gospel of Luke where Jesus says he has come "to seek and to save the lost." Sometimes the language of saving doesn't always set easily with us. Nor does the suggestion that we are somehow lost! Yet, in setting aside time to listen with the ear of our hearts to Jesus, to Luke, to each other and to our own inner longings – we may find ourselves newly ...

  • Middleton High School Choir Holiday Concert

    Holy Wisdom Monastery 4200 County Road M, Middleton, WI, United States

    All are welcome to join us for a joyful concert performed by the Middleton High School choir on Thurs., Dec. 12, 2024, from 12:30-1:00 pm at Holy Wisdom Monastery. Each year the choir offers a multitude of mini concerts throughout the Middleton community and especially looks forward to coming to Holy Wisdom Monastery for the great audience, acoustics and cookies! Help fill the assembly room and be surrounded by beautiful sounds of the season. Plus, join us after for cookies, hot beverages and fellowship. Bring your friends and enjoy this short break from your holiday preparations. Register Please register below ...

  • The Spirit of Taizé

    Holy Wisdom Monastery 4200 County Road M, Middleton, WI, United States

    Please join us for Taizé prayer in place of midday prayer on Dec. 20 from 11:00 am-12:00 pm in the Assembly Room. Take the opportunity to honor the grief in your heart for those who will not be seated at your holiday table this year. Members of the choir will lead us. No registration is needed. Allow the beauty of the music to heal your heart. If you can't join us at Holy Wisdom Monastery, but would like to attend Taizé prayer, please use the link below to our livestream page on our website. Attend virtually at 11:00 am CST ...

  • Christmas Prayer & Worship Schedule

    Holy Wisdom Monastery 4200 County Road M, Middleton, WI, United States

    Christmas 2024 Prayer & Worship Schedule December 24, 2024 – January 1, 2025   Dec. 24, 2024 8:00 am – morning prayer (oratory) 11:45 am – midday prayer (oratory) 4:00 pm – Christmas Eve Eucharist (assembly room) Dec. 25 8:00 am – morning prayer (oratory) 9:00 am – Christmas Day Eucharist (assembly room) No public evening prayer Dec. 26-28 9:00 am – morning prayer (oratory) No public midday prayer 4:00 pm – evening prayer (oratory) Dec. 29 8:00 am – morning prayer (oratory) 9:00 am – Sunday Assembly Eucharist (assembly room) No public evening prayer Dec. 30 No public prayer ...

  • Christmas Eve Worship

    Holy Wisdom Monastery 4200 County Road M, Middleton, WI, United States

    Celebrate the joy of Christmas with worship on Christmas Eve, Tues., Dec. 24, at 4:00 pm, starting with prelude music sung by the choir. This service takes place in the monastery building assembly room. All are welcome!