The next few months will determine whether the story of this
monastery will be titled, “Just in the nick of time…”
or “Just past the nick of time.”
Kind and compassionate people like you are needed!
Your love and a kind donation will help transform this monastery
into a place of fervent prayer and spiritual assistance
to the whole world.
Dear reader,
You may have heard that the Saint Isaac’s Skete no longer exists.
Yes, the skete is gone…but the buildings and all the property still exist, and, with the
blessing of Archbishop Peter of Chicago (ROCOR), are now occupied by
Saint Paul the Apostle Orthodox Monastery.
And I hope so much for your support!
But first, I want to make it crystal clear that this is not St Isaac’s Skete 2.0.
This is a completely new monastery– with more people, a better system, and with a
clear vision forward. We founded this monastic community so that we could stay away
from the world, work out our salvation, and concentrate on our vocation — praying
for the whole world – unceasingly, as the Holy Apostle Paul teaches us (1Thes. 5:17).
And I hope so much that you can support this project. Because our world desperately
needs prayers.
“But who cares about the prayers of a few monks in rural Wisconsin?” you might rightly ask.
If you turn on the news, you’ll be reminded about what’s going on: wars, political unrest,
famines, catastrophes, natural disasters, pandemics… Why is all this happening?
When you study the Bible, you see that misfortunes begin when people turn away from
the Lord. However, as you also know from the Bible, fervent prayers can stay the Lord’s
hand. Just think: how many times has God forgiven a city when a few people prayed
to Him? Remember the story of the conversation between God and Abraham (Gen. 18, 23-32)…
That’s what we’re doing here in Boscobel. We’re aiming to grow this community into a
powerful prayer force for you, for your family, your city, your state, our country, and
the whole world. But to do that I need your support.
Will you help by sending a donation, so we can continue our work of prayer for you?
The help of kind people like you will support this monastery, so that we can serve God and
mankind by creating a powerful prayer force for the good of all.
“But who says we won’t close down just like St Isaac’s skete?” you might want to know.
Here’s why. Because the fact that we have prevailed this last half year, shows plainly that
God wants us here. In this time, the new monastery survived multiple times – just in the
nick of time.
Just imagine:
Within 10 days of our arrival in November 2022, we came up with the money and time to
fulfill the insurance company’s requirements – just in the nick of time, so that they didn’t
cancel our policy, thus triggering the bank foreclosure on the loan.
The next week, as the sun was going down, we managed to fix the plumbing on the
wood-fired furnace which heats the floor on the main monastery building, which
would have frozen that night and destroyed the entire floor.
At least twice we barely managed, within a day or two, to avoid losing everything
to the bank or to the IRS. Just in the nick of time…
Basically, we’ve been putting in our own money for the privilege to work here 24/7.
I know it sounds awful. But we’d do it again – as many times as needed. Because
we believe in this monastery. And I hope you do, too.
Won’t you help us move forward by sending a donation today?
Because when you support a monastery through your donations, the monastery
supports you — through prayer. We pray for your health and salvation – always.
And if someone in your family is sick, someone needs a better job, has problems
in their marriage or with their child – we can pray for you and them especially and ardently.
Won’t you help today? Because if you don’t stand with us, there’s still a real
possibility that it’s not going to work.
With kind people like you on our side:
- We can continue this great work of serving the Christian community of the United States by providing them with the highest quality mounted icons possible.
- We can start an Athonite-style English-speaking monastic community, in the lineage of St Joseph the Hesychast, and Geronda Ephraim of Arizona, here in the American Midwest
- We can continue praying for the world, for peace, and for kind people like you.
I am positive that with your help, the monastery will survive – despite everything.
But without your help… I dread to think what may happen…
All Saint Paul’s needs is a little help. Will you be kind and help today?
Most people send $50, $100, or even $300, $1000 or even more… Can I count on your support?
I need to come up with $210,783 by July 31st so that Saint Paul’s can begin to stand on
its own two feet.
When you give today, your generosity will allow the brethren to:
- cover daily expenses such as food, electricity, water, etc.
- complete necessary repairs cheaply while it is warm and light
- fulfill their vocation by praying for you personally and the salvation of the whole world
But it can only be possible if you respond to this letter.
We are standing here at the dry skeleton of a monastery. Help us now to put the sinews
and flesh on these dry bones (Ezekiel 37), and the Holy Spirit will breathe upon them
and the Author of Life will make this place into a vibrant, living temple of the Living God.
The transformation has already begun–become a sharer with us in the miracle of
this metamorphosis by donating now.
Please help today. We can’t do without the kindness of wonderful people like you.
Thank you for reading my letter.
May God bless you and yours for your great kindness.
And please give today.
Please click this link to donate by Paypal. To donate by credit card, click here.
Or you can take out your pen and write out a check to the Saint Paul Orthodox
Monastery and mail it in an envelope to:
25266 Pilgrims Way, Boscobel, WI 53805
With gratitude,
Fr Menas
Superior of Saint Paul Orthodox Monastery
Boscobel, WI
P.S. Please don’t wait. Your kind gift will help create a prayerful force for
the salvation of the world.
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