Learning Objective
In this short course, you will learn the rich and essential experience of Christian Prayer for having a living relationship with God.
Sr. Kimberly Prohaska, OSB
Sr. Kimberly Prohaska OSB is Prioress of St. Scholastica Monastery, a Benedictine monastic community located in Fort Smith. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Pastoral Ministry and Religious Studies from Dominican University in Illinois.
Sr. Kimberly has extensive experience in business administration, community outreach, and pastoral ministry. In addition to a variety of leadership roles in the monastic community, she has served as campus minister for University of Arkansas – Fort Smith, on the Diocesan Social Justice Committee, and the Diocesan Council of Women Religious. She has taught religion classes in high school and Hispanic and prison ministries.
Sr. Kimberly offers this quote as a personal motto: Listen in all things and try to live with gratitude. What are you going to do with your one and wild precious life? — Mary Oliver
Sr. Maria Goretti DeAngeli, OSB
Sr. Maria Goretti DeAngeli OSB is the Formation Director of Postulants and Novices at St. Scholastica Monastery, a Benedictine monastic community in Fort Smith. She serves on the Monastic Council, is the Assistant Oblate Director and Music Director for the Community.
Sr. Maria has been an educator in several Catholic schools in the Diocese of Little Rock. She served as a member of the Diocesan Liturgy Committee, in parish administrator, prison ministry, Hispanic ministry, and pastoral ministry throughout Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri.
Sr. Maria holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education and a Masters degree in Pastoral Ministry.
Sr. Maria gives personal guide words as, “Live Good Zeal Rule of Benedict.“