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On October 12, our Sr Karla pronounced her solemn vows and was consecrated as a Cistercian nun.

This Sunday, we welcomed Melina to begin her monastic journey as a member of our community.

Our community rejoiced together in thanksgiving for Sr Pamela's 50 years of religious profession.

At 4 am, our Sr Perpetua completed her earthly course and entered into the fullness of life.

We are now able to welcome a limited number of guests to some of the Divine Office each day. Our Gift Shop and Guest houses will remain closed for the rest of the year.

For the Archdiocese's Year of the Eucharist, we are offering an additional hour of Adoration on Sunday afternoons

As the spread of COVID-19 continues across our State, country and world, and we recognize that this peril will be among us for the long term, we are discerning how to respond to the opportunities for reopening available here in Massachusetts.

Letter to Monks and Nuns, by Bishop Aiello of Avelino

How we are planning to make our liturgies available online.

We regret to inform you of necessary disruptions to our monastic hospitality.

Yesterday we welcomed Maggie into our community as a postulant.

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On September 14th in our community's 70th year, we had the great joy of celebrating the Abbatial Blessing of our newly elected abbess, Mother Sofia Millican.

On the feast of Our Lady's Assumption, postulant Lily received the Cistercian habit and became a novice.

This Saturday we celebrated our Sr Tess on her 60th anniversary of monastic life.

These past two weeks we hosted the junior professed monks of our region for a seminar.

This Easter Saturday we had the joy of witnessing our Sister Ashwini's first profession of vows.

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On February 11th, the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, both Mary and the Holy Spirit were palpably present as we elected our new abbess.

Friday, January 25th was the last day of Mother Maureen's abbatial ministry to our community.