Snow covers the steps leading to the Sacred Heart Chapel in St. Joseph on Dec. 19 where the Sisters of the Order of St. Benedict pray for others during one of the most holiest times of the year. Inside the Gathering Place is a Christmas tree adorned with prayer requests.
Dozens upon dozens of paper ornaments adorn the Christmas tree on Dec. 19 in the Gathering Place inside the Sacred Heart Chapel with handwritten prayer requests for those less fortunate this holiday season.
On the back side of each of the paper ornaments that hang on the Christmas tree inside the Gathering Place at Sacred Heart Chapel on Dec. 19 in St. Joseph is a handwritten prayer request the nuns of St. Benedict’s Monastery act upon during the Christmas season.