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Benedictine community expands

Special to the Catholic Herald
9/19/24

Benedictine Sr. Katherine May (left), of Winchester, greets Benedictine Sr. Andrea Westkamp, administrator, during the order’s tradition of “statio,” a time of pause that begins with the sisters processing in. COURTESY

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Benedictine Sr. Katherine May, of Winchester, makes her first monastic profession Aug. 31 at the Benedictine Monastery in Bristow. COURTESY

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Postulant Jennifer Huynh knocks on the door of the Benedictine Monastery in Bristow Sept. 1 as part of a Benedictine tradition. COURTESY

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Benedictine Sr. Andrea Westkamp (left), administrator, welcomes postulant Jennifer Huynh into the monastery in Bristow. COURTESY

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The Benedictine Sisters of Bristow are growing in ranks.

Benedictine Sister Katherine May, of Winchester, made her first monastic profession Aug. 31. She is now a scholastic, the stage after novice.

Postulant Jennifer Huynh, from Lodi, Calif., entered the Benedictines Sept. 1.

Following a Benedictine entrance ritual dating back more than 1,500 years, Huynh knocked on the door of the monastery. She did a live-in program with the Benedictines for a year.

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