Thistles, wild grapes and a mink at the monastery July 19, 2009

This week two more women joined us for the Volunteer in Community program. A third woman will join the group on Sunday which will bring our numbers to ten. We tackled a number of tasks last week including digging thistles from the prairie and cutting wild grape vines out of the evergreen trees along the [...]

Volunteers in Community coming & going July 10, 2009

Today we sent one of our Volunteers in Community off with a blessing. She had been with us for almost three weeks. From here she is going to visit a friend for the weekend and then return to Tennessee. Another volunteer arrives Monday which will bring our number to eight.
 Tomorrow is the Solemnity of Benedict and Scholastica and our [...]