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☆ A Miracle in Missouri? The Nun Who Put Her Abbey on the Map.
  + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Ruth Graham | Katie Currid | More About Ruth Graham | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
In the hills north of Kansas City, Mo., a small abbey has become a destination for Catholics hoping to see a miracle. Sept. 9, 2023In life, Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster was known to her fellow nuns for her devotional poetry, her sense of humor and her fierce piety. “I’m Sister Wil-hel-mina,” she was known to say. When they opened the coffin, expecting to find bones that could be easily cleaned and placed in a new box, they instead found what looked and even felt remarkably like Sister Wilhelmina herself. Her face was recognizable, even after years in a damp coffin, and the sisters said that her beloved habit was “immaculate.”
Persons: Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, “, Wil, ”, Sister Wilhelmina, Ephesus, Mary , Queen, Wilhelmina Organizations: Benedictines, Kansas City . Locations: Kansas City, Mo, hel, mina, Kansas
☆ What College Students Need Is a Taste of the Monk’s Life - The New York Times
  + stars: | 2023-05-25 | by ( Molly Worthen | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +4 min
“On college campuses, these students think they’re all being individuals, going out and being wild,” he said. Undergraduates at Belmont Abbey College outside Charlotte, N.C., share their quadrangles, sidewalks and even their chess clubs with Benedictine monks who live in an abbey in the middle of campus. Their presence compels even non-Christians on campus to think seriously about vocation and the meaning of life. “Either what the monks are doing is valuable and based on something true, or it’s completely ridiculous,” Mr. Lutz said. The point is not to take away the phone for its own sake but to take away our primary sources of distraction.
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