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Western North Dakota, part 1
Hi! Back from vacation! Every summer when I come back from vacation I promise myself I won’t go away in the summer again. Truth is, I really needed to get away, and it was only four days. Still, I spent … Continue reading
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Tagged Badlands, Benedictine monastery, Benedictines, Benedictines in North Dakota, feral horses, North Dakota, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, wild horses
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Sister Ruth
My friend Ruth Nierengarten, OSB, died on Sunday night at the age of 87. Although her health was delicate and she had been living in assisted living (St. Scholastica Convent in St. Cloud) for the last two years, this was … Continue reading
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Tagged Benedictines, Benedictines in Minnesota, Catholic educators, Catholic Nuns, Saint Benedict's Monastery, Sisters
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Keep Death Always Before Your Eyes
It was a hard week in my neck of the woods. Last week a police officer was killed in Cold Spring, in an alley behind Winner’s Bar, about six blocks from where I used to live. The case is very … Continue reading
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Tagged abbey church, Benedictines, Catholic, cold spring, funeral, officer decker, Rule of Benedict, St. John's Abbey, tom decker
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