What great timing to see this article on FreeRepublic. Sister Gertrude, mentioned in the article, visited our mass two weeks ago at Holy Trinity here in Cheyenne and gave a short speech following Communion. First time I had seen the full habit in many years.
Thanks for posting this! I’ll have to ask the brothers at Our Lady of Guadalupe (http://www.ourladyofguadalupemonastery.com/index.html) if they are familiar with this. They raise some dairy cattle and usually just one steer for beef for when someone gets sick and needs some extra nourishment.
After reading the article I’d now like to take a road trip and visit them! Prolly won’t happen though, health issues and too much work to do around here, with the garden and all. It inspires me to read of other Benedictine communities and I am very fortunate to spend Sunday’s at the one near me!