Benedictine Sisters in Boerne will build new monastery

National Cooperative Bank (NCB), a leading financial services company dedicated to serving cooperatives and housing communities nationwide, announced that it has provided a $4.8 million construction loan to the Congregation of Benedictine Sisters of Boerne, Texas. The financing will be used for the construction of a new monastery and administrative offices on the sisters’ grounds.

In February 2012 the Benedictine Sisters informally subdivided their 42-acre property and listed 14 acres for sale. The new monastery facilities will be built closer to the sisters’ existing Boerne ministries and will provide prayer, meeting and work spaces, as well as safe and adequate community and private living spaces.

“We are proud that we were able to help the sisters meet their financial requirements as they move forward with this new facility to preserve their housing and spiritual needs,” Bob Montanari, Senior Vice President of NCB, said. “Loans of this caliber are extremely important to organizations such as the Benedictine Sisters; by developing this new facility, the sisters are able to age-in-place and continue their commitment to community and prayer.”

The Benedictine Sisters are monastic women committed to community and a life of work and prayer. Their Benedictine spirituality is built upon timeless traditions and Gospel values. The Congregation of Benedictine Sisters is located in Boerne, Texas, approximately 32 miles northwest of San Antonio.