Read the latest news from the Sisters at
https://groups.google.com/d/forum/amigashonduras The two perpetually professed Sisters are from Oregon and are members of United Methodist churches there: Sister Confianza (aka Prairie Cutting, pictured on the left), a member of Hermiston First UMC; and Sister Alegría (aka Dr. Beth Blodgett, pictured on the right), a member of Oak Grove UMC. Amigas del Señor Monastery spiritually shares in a Covenant of caring with Multnomah Monthly Meeting of Friends (Quakers) of Portland, Oregon. Our medical ministry is also supported by Boyceville UMC in Boyceville, Wisconsin, where Sister Alegría grew up. |
Amigas del Señor (Women Friends of the Lord) is a community of women dedicated to prayer, service, and care of the Creation. Founded in 2006, the religious Order is rooted in Methodist, Quaker, and Western monastic traditions. We are nuns living poor among the poor with a daily schedule of worship and physical work. Our contemplative lifestyle is facilitated by the Monastery's location amidst the beautiful greenery in the foothills on the North Coast of Honduras. Besides our ministry of prayer, the Sisters also engage in outward ministries, including earthcare through sustainable agroforestry, and the sharing of The Upper Room devotional booklet on buses. We channel donations to support the local public health clinic and other charity clinics with medications, contraception, and materials, and now the new roof of the regional hospital.
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Read more about our daily life A balance of prayer and physical work. Spend time at Amigas! Great opportunity for your gap year, summer or winter break, semester abroad, or sabbatical. |
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Donate to Amigas del Señor
Support the Sisters and their ministries. Over 75% of donations go to support health clinics and other needs outside the monastery.
The First United Methodist Church in Hermiston, Oregon, accepts donations for the Monastery. You may donate by check or electronically.
The First United Methodist Church in Hermiston, Oregon, accepts donations for the Monastery. You may donate by check or electronically.
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Electronic Donation:
Go to https://herfumc.com/donations/ Just fill out the simple form. Check the box to donate to a designated fund, then choose Amigas del Senor Monastery from the drop-down menu. You can even set it up to make regular monthly gifts! By Check: Make your check payable to "HFUMC", with "Amigas" in the memo line, and send it to: FUMC 191 E Gladys Ave Hermiston OR 97838 The church has a locked mailbox, so mailed checks are safe. |
Learn More
Visit the Amigas del Señor Google Group, where every few weeks the sisters post stories from their life. Anyone can join to receive updates by email!
- See more photos here: www.flickr.com/photos/amigasdelsenor
- Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/amigashonduras
Contact UsEmail the Sisters at amigashonduras@gmail.com
Write to us by snail mail: Amigas del Señor Limón, Colón Honduras (no numbers needed) Please note that it usually takes about a month for mail to reach Limon. Also, the postal mail was disrupted by the COVID pandemic and not all post offices accept mail to Honduras, although some letters have gotten through. |
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Read our book Giving Up Something Good for Something Better
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Published in 2017, this book covers five years (2008-2013) in the development of Amigas del Señor Monastery. It includes stories of the Sisters' daily life in rural Honduras, their work at the public health clinic, and adventures with robbers, wildfires, the spiritual side of things, and more. $15 paperback (https://westernfriend.org/books) $4.99 Kindle ebook (color) $10 per book with FREE shipping for bulk orders of 10 or more copies. Contact Russ Hanson directly (riverroadrambler@gmail.com). |
Amigas in the Media
Meditations: Both Sisters have written meditations for The Upper Room international devotional magazine. Three meditations written by Sister Confianza were published in 2019, in the Jan-Feb, March-April, and July-Aug issues. More of her meditations will appear in 2022 (March-April, and July-August). Sister Alegría wrote a meditation published in Jan-Feb 2021.
Articles:
“Water is Sacred-Water is Life” (March 2019, online)
“Chickens on the Cheap” (Nov-Dec 2017)
"Finding Truth in Fiction" (March 2017, online)
"Overcoming Need" (May-June 2015)
Audio Interview: "The Need for Poverty"
Sisters Alegría and Confianza were interviewed by Mark Helpsmeet of Northern Spirit Radio on September 1, 2015. Listen online to a one-hour edited version plus several three-minute bonus clips. We talk about what led us to found Amigas del Señor Monastery in Honduras, our call to live in "world-class poverty," our Methodist and Quaker influences, and more.
Book: Amigas del Señor: Methodist Monastery by Beth Blodgett and Prairie Naoma Cutting
Rosalie Grafe of Quaker Abbey Press edited the email updates sent by Sisters Alegría and Confianza to create their first book, published in 2010. It tells the story of the founding and first two and a half years of the Monastery. Contact Judy Billings <judybht (at) gmail.com> to order a copy for $20 plus shipping. (It is also available through Amazon.com, but they take most of the profits.)
Articles:
- “Our Peace Testimony and Taxes” by Sister Alegría
- Sister Confianza has contributed numerous articles and other bits to Western Friend Quaker magazine, including:
“Water is Sacred-Water is Life” (March 2019, online)
“Chickens on the Cheap” (Nov-Dec 2017)
"Finding Truth in Fiction" (March 2017, online)
"Overcoming Need" (May-June 2015)
Audio Interview: "The Need for Poverty"
Sisters Alegría and Confianza were interviewed by Mark Helpsmeet of Northern Spirit Radio on September 1, 2015. Listen online to a one-hour edited version plus several three-minute bonus clips. We talk about what led us to found Amigas del Señor Monastery in Honduras, our call to live in "world-class poverty," our Methodist and Quaker influences, and more.
Book: Amigas del Señor: Methodist Monastery by Beth Blodgett and Prairie Naoma Cutting
Rosalie Grafe of Quaker Abbey Press edited the email updates sent by Sisters Alegría and Confianza to create their first book, published in 2010. It tells the story of the founding and first two and a half years of the Monastery. Contact Judy Billings <judybht (at) gmail.com> to order a copy for $20 plus shipping. (It is also available through Amazon.com, but they take most of the profits.)
Website last updated 2 November, 2021
