Our Wish List
Sometimes our friends ask if there is anything in particular our monastery might need or find useful at this time.
We welcome the gifts of all our benefactors, big and small!
If you are looking for specific ideas for material items, however, the below are a few possibilities that are always helpful.
If you have any questions, please feel free contact us and we’d be happy to respond.
God bless, and thank-you for your generosity.
Rosary Rescue Project
Do you have an old rosary that's no longer your favourite and want to give it to hands that will pray it more often? Or a new one that you’ve never really used? Perhaps you have a broken rosary, one that's lost beads, or its crucifix, or whose cord is used up? We are happy to receive donations of underused or broken rosaries to clean up, renew and refurbish for selling in our gift shop alongside the new chain and cord rosaries handmade by our rosary sisters.
You can find our “Rosary Rescue” donation box in our foyer. Perhaps you would be interested in collecting them for us from fellow parishioners? It would be a simple way to help support our contemplative life and the material needs of our community.
While we try to make every bead count, you can rest assured that any rosaries we receive that are beyond repair will be disposed of respectfully.
(Please do not buy new rosaries to donate to us: the purpose of this project is to keep the ones already made in circulation. We appreciate your support.)
Kitchen
Our kitchen’s needs are usually quite simple and change a bit throughout the year depending on what we are harvesting in the garden. If you would like to make a donation of food, but are not sure what we need, here are a few items that our kitchen goes through quickly all year round. Thank-you very much for your support!
+ "Evergreen" Items
Seasonal and dried fruit
Rice (brown and white), quinoa, dried beans and lentils
Peanut butter
Flours (white, whole wheat, rye, rice)
Sugar and other baking items
Canned diced tomatoes, tomato sauce
Canned tuna
Eggs
Butter
Candle room
We make our own candles from donations of used candles and wax by individuals and local parishes. After melting and purifying the wax, we hand-pour a variety of altar candles for our own use, as well as a candles to sell in our gift shop. New donations are always welcome, and we are happy to receive both plain and coloured wax.
Loom Room
In 2017, a friend of the community graciously donated two gently used floor looms. Soon enough, words like "heddles", "treadles" and "warp" began flying around community recreation and scraps of paper with scribbled patterns could be found lying around the novitiate. Six years later, and one of our sisters has mastered the art of making beautiful wraps and blankets to sell in our community’s gift shop. Other sisters enjoy a variety of other fiber arts projects, both for sale and for practical use around the community. We are grateful for all donations of yarn, large and small, as well as “how-to” books, cross-stitch supplies, and other pieces of equipment.
Miscellaneous
Photocopier and printer paper: white 8 1/2” x 11” (preferably environmentally friendly 100% post-consumer recycled paper)