st. ben’s day 7: restless evening
August 14, 2009 – St. Benedict’s Monastery Well, I thought I was done with my floral bouquet, but I deceived both myself and you. I found a few I’d forgotten about, and now have taken some more. A few...
View Articleforum column (august 09): motherhood viewed from the monastery lens
Parenting Perspectives: Nuns provide insight to mom Roxane B. Salonen, INFORUM Published: 08/25/2009 Gardens burst with the fruits of spring labor and flowers dance along pathways. One walkway leads...
View Articleforum column (august 09): motherhood viewed from a monastery lens
Parenting Perspectives: Nuns provide insight to mom Roxane B. Salonen, INFORUM Published: 08/25/2009 The grounds of St. Benedict’s Monastery in the summertime are a visual spa to the summer-worn...
View Articlemeaningful mondays: carmel in brown, still brilliant
I have to admit, dull as it may be to some, brown never bothered me. Maybe because I was stuck with the color. Being one with brown hair and eyes, I knew I had to make the most of something that would...
View Articlefaith & family fridays: ‘prayer becomes the day itself’
The other day a friend from Canada sent our Catholic writers’ group a link for an article about a book, “Atchison Blue: A Search for Silence, and a Living Faith.” This isn’t a review because I haven’t...
View Articlemeaningful mondays: a meeting of nun wanna-bes
It’s not always easy keeping in touch with and seeing special friends, especially when they live four hours away, like Jean from Mitchell, S.D. does. Jean is one of those forever friends you can count...
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