The curious observer might notice that our community room has been strangely empty during evening recreation for the past two weeks. Instead, the lights have been on in the cloth room, where the sounds of conversation and laughter mingle with the hum of sewing machines and the snip of scissors. What could be happening that requires so many nuns to assemble here every night?
Read MoreFinding that their arsenal of chalky pigments had dwindled to mostly pinks and oranges, our monastery vandals turned to Dante’s celestial rose for their inspiration in the waning daylight of 2020.
Read More…to her great surprise, she found herself looking at a Twitter account for our monastery… an account that none of us nuns knew we had!
Read MoreWhile we have not had visitors in our chapel lately due to the pandemic, our Sister Sacristan has still been keeping the Lord’s house beautifully decorated for the spring and summer feast days.
Read MoreI don’t know about you, but over the past couple weeks I have at times been pretty bummed, feeling the weight of the coronavirus crisis, and finding myself in a “gloom and doom” attitude. But Jesus has been showing us His tender, personal love in countless ways… in so many “lamb-kisses!”
Read MoreOur chalk-wielding resident hoodlums, Sr. Cecilia Maria and Sr. Frances Marie, chose the illustrate a poem of the newly-canonized St. John Henry Newman for their annual sidewalk art feature in the cloister courtyard.
Read MoreEach year, the summer brings us an array of exciting events. The Feast of the Assumption, our American Independence Day, the onslaught of cicadas and near-weekly thunderstorms…but perhaps foremost among them is The Great Fridge Clean.
Read MoreThe past week and a half has been replete with feasting! (And yes, sometimes nuns eat pizza.)
Read MoreA little levity to brighten up your Monday!
Read MoreThis neighborhood is really starting to go downhill…we were once again the victims of street artists on a chalking spree!
Read MoreThe hymns of praise we have been reading in our community scripture study of the book of Revelation inspired us to anticipate the worship of heaven with a Sunday afternoon “Praise and Worship Hour.”
Read MoreAs we start our Novena for our Holy Founder’s feast day, we renew our perseverance in prayer!
Read MoreSummer brings all sorts of outdoor jobs to the monastery
Read MoreWhen each nun in our community received the holy Passionist habit, she also received her religious name and a devotional title. However, aspirant Theresa had an entertaining thought - what if titles were job descriptions?
Read MoreToday we share with you the lyrics and cast photo of our very serious, wild-west-meets-cloistered-nuns production, Go On the Plane. Hope you enjoy!
Read MoreThe Lenten season of spiritual warfare fought with the weapons of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, is almost at an end. But one recent afternoon...some of our nuns were reminded of a very different sort of war...
Read MoreIt is good to fast for several reasons. We are strengthening our wills so that we don’t just give into every craving of our bodies. We are also acknowledging the primacy of the spiritual dimension. Life is not just about food and material pleasures. Fasting ultimately is meant to raise our minds and hearts above earthly cares and turn them to God.
Read MoreOne misty November Sunday, we were astonished to see a pair of vandals in our cloister courtyard. Armed with a pack of Crayola chalk, aprons, and jackets, they braved the bitter chill and waning light just to leave their mark on our patio concrete. Perhaps such hooligans are commonplace on busy New York City streets, but in the Western Kentucky wilderness, it was a shock.
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