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Dorothy Day: A Modern-Day Saint?
Oblate Sunday on November 20 featured oblate Clarey McInerny…
November 29, 2022/by Amanda Hackett
How to Be Eucharist
εὐχαριστία eucharistia berakah בְּרָכָה
Thank…
November 23, 2022/by Amanda HackettThank…

Visio Divina of Life
As a Benedictine Live-In Experience volunteer, I have many departments…
November 17, 2022/by Amanda Hackett
Connecting With You
The fall leaves glisten—reflective upon the lake this crisp…
November 15, 2022/by Amanda Hackett
Life of a Live-In Volunteer
I am a Benedictine Live-In Experience volunteer. What a mouthful.…
November 10, 2022/by Amanda Hackett
Taking a Moderate Risk
Recently, the monastery has had some cases of COVID. We’re…
November 8, 2022/by Amanda Hackett
Not a Celebration, But a Funeral
You may know his name and appearance from "Star Trek." He has…
November 3, 2022/by Amanda Hackett
Wind Chimes
I had just finished a long walk in our woods and was sitting…
November 1, 2022/by Amanda Hackett
A Tale of Grace
On my way to Saint Benedict’s for our annual Oblate Renewal…
October 27, 2022/by Amanda Hackett
COVID
If anyone was afraid of getting COVID, it was me. I actually…
October 25, 2022/by Amanda Hackett
Mary
The playground was all hers. From the cooking fires, to the well,…
October 18, 2022/by Amanda Hackett
Holy Humdrum
You might have gathered from some of my previous blogs that I…
October 11, 2022/by Amanda Hackett
Kintsugi
“I wish I weren’t so shy. I don’t know what to say in conversations.”
“Why…
October 6, 2022/by Amanda Hackett“Why…

Plowing the Field
On the first evening of my retreat in September, I watched as…
October 4, 2022/by Amanda Hackett
Benedict’s Wisdom
Due to really difficult issues for me this past year, besides…
September 27, 2022/by Amanda Hackett
Not All is Lost
St. Anthony strengthens my belief in God. St. Anthony answers…
September 22, 2022/by Amanda Hackett