Abbey Blog

Church Dedication Anniversaries
A reflection by Mother Maria-Michael Newe, OSB This is a festive season …
Advent Retreat Registration
The Abbey of St. Walburga will be hosting an Advent Day of …
Address to Oblates
On October 8, 2023, we gathered to celebrate the final oblations of …
November Vocation Retreat
Spiritual Taxes
A reflection by Mother Maria-Michael Newe, OSB In the first year of …
20 Years Our Abbess
(left) Mother Maria-Michael Newe, OSB, and Archbishop Kucera, OSB after her Abbatial …
Fig Tree Analogy
A reflection by Mother Maria-Michael Newe, OSB We are so blessed to …
Ecce, Venio
A reflection by Mother Maria-Michael Newe, OSB, given to the community on …
The Trouble with Birds
A reflection by Mother Maria-Michael Newe, OSB “A sower went out to …
My Lord and My God
A reflection by Mother Maria-Michael Newe, OSB This year our community has …
St. John the Baptist’s Humility
A reflection for the Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the …
On the Eucharist
A reflection for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi by Mother Maria-Michael Newe, …
On Christ’s Ascension
A reflection by Mother Maria-Michael Newe, OSB In John 15 and 16, …
Monastic Poverty Regarding Food
A reflection by Mother Maria-Michael Newe, OSB The idol of body image …
Easter Peace
A reflection by Mother Maria-Michael Newe, OSB I love how the first …
Lamentations Audio
Our community hold the tradition of anticipating Easter by praying Jeremiah's Lamentations …
On Red/White Martyrdom
A reflection by Mother Maria-Michael Newe, OSB Watercolor of the stream running …