by AbbessJane | Mar 25, 2026 | Worldwide Novices
Your blessing, please. My name is Starla and I welcome you just like a porter at the gate of the monastery. (RB 66.3)  You see my Meowmy and Purrdaddy are both life professed Oblates. So, I have had lots of training in things Benedictine already while attending our...
by AbbessJane | Feb 5, 2026 | Worldwide Novices
Mew! So glad you came by to read about me! My name is Sophie and I am 4 years old. I would like to join the Feline Cloister because my mommy told me about Chloe Sophia.  She was a Worldwide Novice who has  crossed over the Rainbow Bridge. My mommy said that as a...
by AbbessJane | Feb 2, 2026 | Worldwide Novices
Hello there! My name is Mandu. I am an eight-year-old male cat who absolutely loves food, especially when it arrives upon my demand. I would like to join the Feline Cloister because I saw how the Benedictine way of life can make a huge difference in the life of a...
by AbbessJane | Nov 5, 2025 | Monday Mewsings
“A sower went out to sowhis seed” At the end of his manuscripts the great composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) wrote these words. Â S-D-G – soli deo gloria – Â to God alone the glory. In Chapter 57 of the Rule St. Benedict instructs...
