Garden Bounty

The hot and humid KY summer this year has had one bonus for us — it has “kick-started” our vegetable garden! We couldn’t resist sharing a few photos with you from the bountiful harvest the Lord has been providing for us …

NatureSponsaChristiAugust 22, 2023Monastery Garden, Vegetables, Monastery kitchen, flowers Comments

As A Garden Makes Its Growth Spring Up ...

This spring and summer have seen a lot of busyness in one particular corner of the monastery grounds … because we’ve started a vegetable garden!

All Things Bright and Beautiful

Thanks to a number of generous friends and family, our flower gardens are particularly vibrant this year with donated blooms! We thought you might enjoy a “walking tour” of some of our monastery’s natural beauty this time of year.

NatureCP NovitiateJune 22, 2022flowers, birds, Monastery Garden, Nature Comments

Let My Beloved Come to His Garden

One favorite hobby of many nuns is gardening — there is something prayerful about working so closely with God’s creation.

Passionist LifeCP NovitiateJuly 2, 2020Monastery Garden, retreat, creativity, nuns Comments

Where to put the novice?

After an afternoon’s hard work, when the sticks and thorns and tools were piled high in the back of our UTV and Sr. Mary Veronica and Aspirant Abbey were seated in the cab and ready to head back inside, suddenly they realized they had a problem.

Novitiate NewsSponsaChristiMarch 25, 2020Monastery Garden, novitiate, COVID-19, springtime Comments

Let Freedom Ring

The 4th of July brought our customary Independence Day gaudeamus. It was a joyful day of fraternal fellowship and celebration of our country’s heritage of freedom.