Currently there are 14 nuns inside the monastery ... “If you have the vocation to a cloistered life, do not be afraid,” she stressed.

They abandoned their relationships, jobs, and lives for a total devotion to God and their fellow sisters. What can we learn ...

The nuns’ daily lives are modeled on liturgical ... Mother Oda shared how their cloistered, contemplative life is “rooted deeply in the liturgy.” “The praise, adoration, thanksgiving ...

Cloistered nuns may also go out for a doctor’s or dentist ... “Exercise is important in all stages of life,” she told me. “It’s a way to keep your body and mind healthy.

Her wit and words of wisdom still resonate especially for parents who want to raise saints in today’s world but feel ...

Jyothis Bhavan, a home run by the Congregation of the Mother of Carmel in Kochi, Kerala, India, offers a lifeline to one of ...

For many monastic communities – especially those devoted to contemplative life and vows of poverty ... one of the 10 cloistered nuns of the Perpetual Adorers of the Most Blessed Sacrament ...