Late Friday evening, 19 August, high winds, hail, and perhaps even a tornado ripped through Clyde, Missouri, and damaged the historic monastery of the Sisters of Perpetual Adoration. Fortunately all the Sisters were shielded from the flying glass, though the storm caused much physical damage to facilities.
While all the damage has not yet been assessed, the Sisters report that “we lost about 40 windows, including the Austrian art glass in the Sorrowful Mother Chapel and the Relic Chapel. Our new Sacred Stones Sacred Stories renovations incurred water damage from many broken windows, housing for sick and elderly Sisters has significant window damage, several windows in the chapel and sacristy were destroyed, and many of the trees on the monastery grounds sustained ruinous damage.
“We don’t yet know what the cost of clean-up and damage will be, but we are certainly going to need at least $10,000 to pay our property insurance deductible. Would you please consider making a special donation to help us recover from the storm? All money raised from this appeal will be used to help with storm damage, or for other structural needs at the Monastery. Please donate online, or send your checks to:
Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration
CD Department
31970 State Hwy P
Clyde, MO 64432-8100
“Thank you for your support, and please join us in thanking God that none of our Sisters or neighbors was hurt in the storm. Also, please keep in your prayers all those affected by the storm and the emergency workers who helped — and are still helping — to restore lost power.”
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