This is an excerpt from a letter to SOAR! from Sister Katie McNamara, O.C.S.O., from the Mount Saint Mary’s Abbey in Wrentham, Massachusetts – a monastic community of some 50 Trappistine nuns: The phone call took longer than expected – always the case when help was a little short in the infirmary. Being alone on duty during meridian I had deliberately used the phone at the nurse’s desk so as to keep a watchful eye on our little wanderer. She had been restless most of the day and while that is not at all surprising for those who bear the … Continue reading →