BUILDING MUST GO, EVEN THOUGH IT'S BREAKING THEIR HEARTS. THE SAINT SCHOLASTICA MONASTERY HAS STOOD TALL HERE IN FORT SMITH FOR NEARLY 100 YEARS, BUT STARTING JUNE FIRST IT WILL BE DEMOLISHED. THE ...
The St. Scholastica Benedictine Sisters have made the difficult decision to demolish their former monastery building. The demolition will take place June 1, according to a press release. The building, ...
The Benedictine Sisters of Saint Scholastica Monastery are a special bunch of women. They work hard, they pray deeply, and they carry burden silently. That's who they are as women of service, being as ...
After 97 years, the former St. Scholastica Monastery building in Fort Smith will be demolished. The five-story, late Gothic revival building has flood, mold and wall damage that make it unsafe and ...
Decades ago, the sanctuary was just 40 acres, consisting of farmland cleared in the early 1900s.