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Located off the monastery lobby
Hours
Monday through Friday: Noon - 3:00 PM
Saturday: 10:00 AM - 3:30 PMWhat's New at the Priory Store
Call for an appointment
Come explore our unique assortment of books:Need ideas for gifts for Religious Occasions?
- Children's books
- Spirituality
- Theology: Catholic, Protestant & Jewish
- Non-dominant cultures
- Women's Interests
- Bibles
- Prayer Books and Missals
- Scripture study
- Midrash
- Monastery cookbooks
We carry Icons:
- Baptism/Christening
- First Communion
- Confirmation
- Weddings
- Profession of Vows
- Ordination
Other religious items include:
- Traditional
- Non-traditional
- Rosaries, some handmade
- Statues
- Medals, modern and traditional, from around the world
- Jewelry
- Your patron saint
- Crucifixes and Crosses
- Items from the Vatican Library
Many of our items are unique...
- Labyrinths from Chartres Cathedral
- Benedictine Medals from Subiaco and Monte Cassino
- Celtic artwork from Ireland
- Handmade glass crucifixes
- Etched wine glasses and mugs with one-of-a-kind designs
- Handmade cards and cards from other monasteries
- Prayerstones
- Creator Mundi
- From the monastery at Maria Laach (Germany)
- Saint Andrew's Priory ceramics
- Etched stones
Feastday / Birthday Calendars
Our friends Renata and Walter Siegl designed and produced a beautiful feastday/birthday calendar in 2006. This perpetual calendar, used for keeping track of important birthdays and feastdays, is available for purchase ($12.00) at the Priory Store. All proceeds from the sale of this festive calendar go to support the Sisters and ministries of St. Placid Priory. Many thanks to Renata and Walter for this lovely and useful creation!
Praying with the Body
Roy DeLeon, a Benedictine Oblate of St. Placid Priory, has written a book about an embodied way to pray the Psalms. Come to our store to see it, or call 360-438-1771. You may also email
New Book on Lectio Divina
Our Sister Lucy Wynkoop and Oblate Christine Valters Paintner wrote a book called Lectio Divina: Contemplative Awakening and Awareness, which was published in 2008. It is now available at the Priory Store. Call 360-438-1771 or email
The Benedictine Tradition
edited by Sister Laura Swan
While she was on sabbatical after two terms as prioress of our community at St. Placid, Sister Laura was asked to edit a book on our Benedictine tradition as part of a series by Liturgical Press (series editor, Phyllis Zagano). This book is available in The Priory Store.
Norvene Vest, a Benedictine oblate and author of several books, says "Sr. Laura Swan’s The Benedictine Tradition is a lovely resource of Benedictine riches for anyone who desires to go more deeply into the nature of the Benedictine life of the spirit. From a 1500-year tradition, she has lovingly selected fourteen figures or groups, each representing a significant quality of Benedictine life. Each chapter begins with a quotation from Benedict’s Rule giving a clue to the quality for which this Benedictine is chosen. A very useful and helpful introduction to teach figure follows, along with some lovely selections from each one’s writings. I found myself slowing down as I read, to be nourished at leisure by the profound words of these persons committed to the Benedictine way. Sr. Laura closes with a chapter quoting from Benedictine prioresses as they reflect in writing on the monastic tradition in light of the demands of contemporary society. Those reflections offer a mirror for the whole of Sr. Laura’s book, which serves as a meditiation on how to be ‘in but not of the world,’ as a witness and sign of the love of Christ."
Drop by the Priory Store and browse for this and other books!
Engaging Benedict
by Sister Laura Swan
Nearly fifteen centuries ago, Benedict of Nursia wrote a rule for Christians who wanted to live, work and pray together in community. With its core values of contemplation, hospitality and simplicity, the rule remains as useful and fresh today as it was when Benedict created it in Italy those many centuries ago.
But the Rule is not without its difficulties in contemporary practice. Sister Laura Swan looks at the Rule with a critical eye, seeking to unpack those parts that are problematic and to uncover gems that support the yearnings of todays seekers. She offers women and young people who find obstacles in the Rule some insights that resonate with their experience and yet are faithful to the challenge of the Rule. By wrestling with the Rule, and hence taking it seriously, Sister Laura offers readers guidance on many difficult and painful questions.
We have Engaging Benedict at the Priory Store; stop in, or order by phone at 360-438-1771 or email .
is available through The Priory Store. $19.00 includes sales tax, shipping and handling. Las Madres del Desierto, the Spanish language edition, is also now available, and the price of $17.00 includes tax, shipping and handling. To order, call Sister Maureen at 360-438-1771. We accept VISA and MasterCard. For a credit card transaction, you may email the best time to call to and Sister Maureen will call you. Sister Laura Swan's The Forgotten Desert Mothers
Editions of The Forgotten Desert Mothers are now out in Italian and Polish. Email for price and availability. A Swedish translation of this book will be published in August 2007 by Argument, a Swedish publisher.
Also available is Sister Laura's second book, History of North American Benedictine Women, a Bibliography. This research and reference bibliography provides published, non-published, theses, dissertations and archival sources on the history of Benedictine Women in North America. Chapters include general histories, Autobiographies, Biographies and Memoirs, Congregation/Federation Histories, Spirituality, Prayer, Liturgy, the Rule of Benedict, Initial Formation and the Monastic Promise, Oblates, Governance and Ministry. The book concludes with some helpful information for researchers.
Oblates, monastics in initial formation and all who are interested in researching some aspect of North American Benedictine women's history will find this a useful tool. $17.00 includes sales tax, shipping and handling. Please allow up to six weeks for delivery for this one.
WHAT'S NEW AT THE PRIORY STORE
by Sister Sharon McDonald, OSB
Spring - April 2009St. Benedict in his Rule says: “We believe the Divine Presence is everywhere.” God is revealed in the ordinary. This is called the mystery of the Incarnation.
One of the purposes of the Priory Store is to support people in finding and celebrating the presence of God in the ordinary.
For example, books on Spirituality invite us to reflect on our actual experiences. Books on Scripture also invite us into the experience of having new hearts and new eyes with which to see God everywhere. Other concrete examples of encountering God are found in our family and church celebrations of Baptism, Confirmation and First Communion.
In the Second Eucharistic Prayer we pray: “We thank you, God, for counting us worthy to stand in your presence and serve you.”
The Priory Store is a space where we can put our roots into the earth of God’s ever-present Grace. We stand, like a tree, rooted in the Mystery of God’s abiding presence. When we surround ourselves with Beauty in word, image and sacramentals, we allow the tree of our life to be transformed and bear fruit for family, for ministry. Drawing up life through our roots we bring blessing to our homes and faith communities!
The Priory Store welcomes as payment VISA, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. We continue gratefully to accept telephone orders and special orders for books and religious articles.The Store, located off the lobby in the Priory, is open Monday-Friday Noon to 3:00 PM, and on Saturday 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM.
Questions? Email or call us at 360-438-1771.
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