Sister Mary Glenn, OSB
Obituaries
The Daily Sentinel page 6C - May 7, 2023
Sister Mary died peacefully
surrounded by four of her
Benedictine Sisters. Mary
Margaret Glenn was born in
Port Angeles, Washington.
Water, and all of nature,
have always been Mary’s
sure source of Divine Life. Mary grew up in Port Angeles
with parents, Lucile Weers and James Bernard Glenn who
predeceased her, and sisters, Patricia Lucile Glenn and
Bridget Ann (Glenn) Armstrong.
Mary attended Queen of Angels Grade School in
Port Angeles and Holy Name Academy High School in
Seattle. Every other Friday afternoon, Mary, her sister
Pat, and their friend, Patty ran down Queen Ann Hill
to catch the ferry to ride across Puget Sound to return
home. Mary graduated from Mount Angel College in
Mt. Angel, Oregon in 1965 with a BA in sociology. She
entered the Visitation Monastery in Tacoma, WA on the
shore of Puget Sound in 1965 and made final profession
in December 1969.
She moved to western Colorado in 1971 with Sister
Anne Madeleine Brost to start a new Visitation
monastery with a more contemplative lifestyle in
Whitewater, Colorado, on Kannah Creek. In 1978, they
became an independent religious community under the
Bishop of Pueblo, Charles Buswell. They lived a simple
lifestyle, offering retreats and hospitality to local groups.
They cared for the land and creek, their home, and one
another. In 2006, the Whitewater sisters were accepted
by the Benedictine Sisters of Benet Hill Monastery in
Colorado Springs as a mission community.
Sisters Mary and Anne Madeleine moved from
Whitewater to the monastery in 2019. Sister Mary
accepted the position of Assistant Prioress of Benet Hill
Monastery in 2021. She endeavored to model Christ to
her community and others through a loving presence
and compassionate listening. An avid reader and bread
baker, she loved to walk the monastery grounds being
nourished by God’s beauty.
In March 2023, she was diagnosed with stage four
bladder cancer and chose to let it take its course without
trying to prolong her days on this planet. Eternal Life
was welling up in her. Hospice supported her to a
peaceful and quiet death. She will be deeply missed
by her sisters, Patricia and Bridget, brother-in-law
Jerry Armstrong, nephews Alex, Taylor and David
Smithburg, Curt Armstrong, and their families. She will
also be missed by her Sisters of Benet Hill Monastery,
especially Sister Anne Madeleine Brost, her companion
member at Whitewater, and friends in Colorado and
Washington.
A memorial service is scheduled for May 18, 2023 at
10:30 am at Benet Hill Monastery, 3190 Benet Lane,
Colorado Springs, CO 80921. Memorial donations may
be made to the Sisters of Benet Hill Monastery. Horan
& McConaty Funeral HomeAurora, CO - Contact is
Emily Kate Hopson-Boyd, Phone 303.745.4418, www.
horancares.com.
