Ferdinand Benedictine Monastery Tour
Take a tour of our Benedictine monastery, located in Ferdinand, Indiana. The Sisters of St. Benedict of Ferdinand, Indiana, live the 1500-year-old monastic tradition of the Rule of St. Benedict, a spiritual path for finding God in the circumstances of daily life.
The community was founded in 1867 when four sisters came to Ferdinand from Covington, Kentucky, to teach the children of German immigrants. Over the years, the needs of a changing world created new opportunities for the sisters to serve. Yet one reality remains constant — the sisters continue to faithfully live out their commitment to Benedictine life and to guide and support others seeking God.
Discover God in the everyday. With us.
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Monastery Immaculate Conception
802 E. 10th Street
Ferdinand, IN 47532
812-367-1411
Monastery Immaculate Conception
Known as the Castle on the Hill, the Monastery, founded in 1867, is home to one of the nation's largest communities of Benedictine women. The distinctive, recently-restored Romanesque dome, rises majestically over the town of Ferdinand, standing at 87 feet from the floor and 32 and a half feet in diameter. Throughout the church, 89 angels are present, 16 of which are depicted on the stained glass windows surrounding the dome. The church is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has been designated an Official Project of Save America's Treasures. The Monastery gift shop, For Heaven's Sake, offers handmade crafts from the sisters and other unique spiritual merchandise. Kordes Center, also on the Monastery grounds, offers a peaceful and rejuvenating getaway.
802 E. 10th St., Ferdinand (off Hwy. 162); 812.367.1411; thedome.org
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Ferdinand, Indiana
Aerial footage of my hometown in Indiana in November of 2014. This video includes the town's water towers, elementary school, high school, football field, little league fields, state park, church and monastery.
Ferdinand, Indiana Christkindlmarkt
Enjoy the delights of Christmas in an Olde World setting at Ferdinand, Indiana's Christkindlmarkt, a German inspired Christmas Market and Festival sponsored by the Tourism Division of the Ferdinand Chamber of Commerce and the Dubois County Visitors Center. Christkindlmarkt in Ferdinand occurs on the third weekend of November when the Christmas angel emerges through the Gothic doors of the Monastery Immaculate Conception and proclaims the opening of the Christmas markets, just as she has done for over 500 years as part of traditional German Christkindlmarkts. Ferdinand’s Christkindlmarkt features quality hand-created items, Christmas wares, antiques, art, delicious regional food and wine at over 150 booths in 6 locations in this small German town in southern Indiana.
Christkindlmarkt in Ferdinand Indiana
Christkindlmarkt in Ferdinand Indiana
Harvest Moon Bed & Breakfast
Step into this 4-room, early 1900s, Queen Anne Home, featuring period décor. Located a few miles off Interstate 64, exit 63 in Ferdinand and close to Monastery Immaculate Conception, this Inn offers a peaceful getaway. Enjoy homemade, complimentary breakfast each day, made especially for you by owner and cook, Ruthie.
Full Wedding | Emily & Chris | Monastery Event Center
Emily & Chris were an incredible couple to shoot photo and video for. They were sweet, kind and full of excitement. Their ceremony and reception at the Monastery Event Center was breathtaking!
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Youngstown Ohio
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Youngstown Ohio 2nd Sunday in Advent. Prelude music before mass
French Lick German Christmas Day Trip
Our German Christmas daytrip begins at the French Lick Hotel and then we have lunch at the German Cafe just across the street from the hotel. A 40 minute drive to Ferdinand and tour of the Monastery Immaculate Conception is followed by some shopping at Frerdinand's Christkindlmarkt. We end our day with a drink in the atrium of the grand West Baden Springs Hotel.
Monastery hopes to be home for refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants
Former home of the Sisters Adorers of the Precious Blood in Portland is being converted into transitional housing for future immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers.
Huntingburg, Indiana: a photographic look into the past
Huntingburg, Indiana: a photographic look into the past. A collection of vintage photographs of a small town in southern Indiana compiled by Daniel R. Patmore of the town where he was born and grew up. Now the book Huntingburg, Indiana: a photographic look into the past... is available on the iTunes bookstore for $4.99
How Nuns Are Finding Ways To Care For Their Aging Sisters
Full Story: The average age of nuns in Indiana is rising into the mid-70s. That means more retirement and healthcare costs are putting a strain on congregations’ budgets. Gretchen Frazee explains the creative ways some congregations are trying to bring in additional income.
Pope Paul VI | Wikipedia audio article
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Pope Saint Paul VI (Latin: Paulus VI; Italian: Paolo VI; born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini (Italian pronunciation: [dʒoˈvanːi baˈtːista enˈriːko anˈtɔːnjo maˈriːa monˈtiːni]); 26 September 1897 – 6 August 1978) served as Pope from 21 June 1963 to his death in 1978. Succeeding John XXIII, he continued the Second Vatican Council which he closed in 1965, implementing its numerous reforms, and fostered improved ecumenical relations with Eastern Orthodox and Protestants, which resulted in many historic meetings and agreements. Montini served in the Holy See's Secretariat of State from 1922 to 1954. While in the Secretariat of State, Montini and Domenico Tardini were considered as the closest and most influential advisors of Pius XII, who in 1954 named him Archbishop of Milan, the largest Italian diocese. Montini later became the Secretary of the Italian Bishops' Conference. John XXIII elevated him to the College of Cardinals in 1958, and after the death of John XXIII, Montini was considered one of his most likely successors.Upon his election to the papacy, Montini took the name Paul VI. He re-convened the Second Vatican Council, which had automatically closed with the death of John XXIII. After the Council had concluded its work, Paul VI took charge of the interpretation and implementation of its mandates, often walking a thin line between the conflicting expectations of various groups within Catholicism. The magnitude and depth of the reforms affecting all fields of Church life during his pontificate exceeded similar reform programmes of his predecessors and successors. Paul VI spoke repeatedly to Marian conventions and mariological meetings, visited Marian shrines and issued three Marian encyclicals. Following his famous predecessor Saint Ambrose of Milan, he named Mary as the Mother of the Church during the Second Vatican Council. Paul VI described himself as a humble servant for a suffering humanity and demanded significant changes from the rich in North America and Europe in favour of the poor in the Third World. His positions on birth control, promulgated famously in the 1968 encyclical Humanae vitae were often contested, especially in Western Europe and North America. The same opposition emerged in reaction to the political aspects of some of his teaching.
Following the standard procedures that lead to sainthood, Pope Benedict XVI declared that the late pontiff had lived a life of heroic virtue and conferred the title of Venerable upon him on 20 December 2012. Pope Francis beatified him on 19 October 2014 after the recognition of a miracle attributed to his intercession. His liturgical feast is celebrated on the date of his birth on 26 September. Pope Francis canonised Paul VI on 14 October 2018.
The Weekly Special - Sweet Indiana
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Florence Henderson
Florence Agnes Henderson (born February 14, 1934) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Carol Brady on the ABC sitcom The Brady Bunch from 1969 to 1974. Henderson has been a frequent presence on television since the 1950s and has hosted several long-running cooking and variety shows over the years. She has appeared as a guest on many scripted and non-scripted (talk and reality shows). She may also be known for being a contestant on Dancing with the Stars in 2010. Henderson currently hosts her own talk show, The Florence Henderson Show, and cooking show, Who's Cooking with Florence Henderson, on Retirement Living TV (RLTV).
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Third Order of Saint Francis | Wikipedia audio article
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The Third Order of Saint Francis, historically known as the Order of Penance of Saint Francis, is a third order within the Franciscan movement of the Catholic Church. It includes both congregations of vowed men and women, and fraternities of men and women living standard lives in the world, married most of the time.
It has been believed that the Third Order of Saint Francis was the oldest of all third orders, but historical evidence does not support this. Similar institutions are found in documentation of some monastic orders in the 12th century. In addition, a third order has been found among the Humiliati, confirmed together with its rule by Pope Innocent III in 1201.In 1978, the Third Order of Saint Francis was reorganised and given a new Rule of Life by Pope Paul VI. With the new rule, the name used by the secular branch of the order was changed to the Secular Franciscan Order.