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CHRIST IN WOOD
Our next Lenten artist is WALTER HABDANK (1930-2001) who was born in Schweinfurt. From 1949 to 1953 he studied artistry and graphics at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. He lived and worked as a...
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CHRIST IN PARIS
This last week of Lent before Holy week, I present PAUL AUGUSTIN AIZPIRI who was born in 1919 in Paris but raised in his ancestral Basque country. His father, a sculptor, sent him to study at the...
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AMERICAN CONTEMPLATIVE ARTIST
Our artist for Holy Week has given us the most number of crucifixions. WILLIAM CONGDON, born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1912 was an American painter who gained notoriety as an artist in New York...
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POETRY MONTH
April is national poetry month and I would like to startwith some poems by members of our Order. The first is by our Mother Dilecta (here at OLR).9/11 A Commemoration Lewis Williams...
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FAMED POETESSS-NUN
Our Next poetess was one of my favorite nuns at Regina Laudis. Everything I know about herbs I learned from her. She was a cultured, brilliant woman and most generous with her knowledge. Mother Jerome...
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A FRIEND of the CROWS
Woman with Crow- Picasso During this time of spring, when the birds are in full chorus, along with the frogs, I would like to share a very interesting story, which we first saw on the BBC news (story...
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THE GOLDFINCH- SAVIOR BIRD
European goldfinchAs the goldfinches return to the area in their full glory, this is a good topic for Spring in the Northwest. There is a tradition of the late Middle Ages and Renaissance Periods of...
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WHY MAY- NAMES OF MARY
Rosa Mystica- Richard SolerFor the month of May I thought we would focus on some of the names given to the Blessed Virgin, who is specially honored this month. Many of the titles given to Mary are...
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OUR LADY'S TITLES
OUR LADY of PERPETUAL HELPis a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary as represented in a celebrated 15th-century Byzantine icon.The icon has been in Rome since 1499, and is permanently enshrined in the...
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CHASING WOODPECKERS
Last year we had a lovely and very talented woman come to stay at the monastery for a week. She was working on her journals (we usually discourage writers as they so often do not partake in our life-...
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STAR of the SEA
Dr. Stephane ReneThe STAR of the SEAis the most ancient of titles for Our Lady, yet obviously one we love- being in the middle of a sea!. It is premised that in the time of Our Lord the equivalent...
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FRIEND of the POOR- ENEMY of the STATE
On May 23 The Holy Father, will add another blessed to the roster of saints in the Americas.Slain Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero, the murdered prelate of the people whose sainthood cause languished...
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QUEEN of HEAVEN
Fra Filippo LippiQUEEN of HEAVEN is a title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary by Christians mainly of the Roman Catholic Church. The Catholic teaching on this subject is expressed in the papal...
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ART of EL SALVADOR
To celebrate the beatification of Archbishop Oscar Romero I thought I would seek out some art of that country and found a delightful artist in FERNANDO LLORTwho is the national artist of El Salvador....
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DAILY ROUTINE- WHAT ROUTINE?????
OLR Chapel at PentecostI have been asked to do a blog or two on our daily life in the monastery here on our small island.But sometimes it seems there is no set schedule in our life- except for the...
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ANOTHER SAINT FOR CHILE
Born in Santiago, Chile, SERVANT of GOD FRANCISCO MAXIMIANO VALDES SUBERCASEAUX , joined the Order of the Franciscan Friars Minor Capuchins in Germany, in 1930, and was ordained to the Priesthood at 25...
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SAINT of RAVENSBRUCK
Today and next week I will present two modern women who suffered greatly due to the crises of WWII. One defended the Jews and the other was Jewish. ST. MARIA SKOBTSOVA (1891-1945), known asMOTHER...
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ADULT ANNE FRANK
“...I am also thinking of Etty Hillesum, a young Dutch girl of Jewish origin who died in Auschwitz. At first far from God, she discovered Him looking deep within her and she wrote: “There is a...
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A LIFETIME OF READING
Recently I came across a list of the 100 books you must read before you die. It got me thinking of the books which have somehow influenced me over the years, including in my childhood. These lists do...
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