News & Announcements
Spring 2024
This Spring brought the usual increase of young'uns born on the farm. Our two female goats had three kids, one male (Peter), two females (Gloria and Gratia). The price of young Angus calves has tripled over the last few years, so instead of replacing our older
Spring and Summer Young’uns
We have been burgeoning this Spring and Summer young'uns....in the animal world: our kids were born in late April, our puppies in mid-May, and our baby chicks arrived in early and mid-June. Our two does gave birth to three kids: one white and two black
Puppies!
Abby, our Maremma Sheepdog had another litter of puppies in March. Here is Lucia at 7 weeks.
New Addition to the Farm
A recent addition to the farm: 2 Nigerian Dwarf goats, named Perpetua and Felicity On April 21st and 22nd, our two does had their kids! Felicity gave birth to two black kids whom we named: Felix and Bahkita; and
Pilgrimage to Medjugorje
Our title of Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Peace, was inspired by the apparitions of Our Lady in Medjugorje. The community had the privilege at the end of June of making a pilgrimage there for the 40th anniversary of the apparitions. It was a glorious retreat
Puppies
Our Maremma sheepdog, Abby, had a litter of seven puppies on January 31st. Here they are at four weeks old. (Photos taken by Giuliana Polinari Riley)
Sr. Regina Makes Her First Vows
Sr Regina Walker made her first (private) vows on Saturday, October 31st, at the Vigil Mass of All Saints in the church of the Immaculate Conception in Forest City before its pastor, the Right Reverend Herbert Burke, V.F. She promised to live Stability, Conversion of Life
New Cow Port!
Our new cow-port gives needed shade to the cows!
Our New Spring Meat Chickens Have Arrived
Our new spring meat chickens have arrived... 40 of them! Here we are introducing our sheep dog to the new chicks.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
To all our Special Friends and Loved Ones, May the Prince of Peace reign in your hearts now and forever. What is peace? Where is security? As a wise friend told me recently: “Sister, security is found in total trust.” So true! When we trust the
Lots and Lots of Beef!
We recently traded one of our Black Angus for a TX Longhorn steer which produced more than 400 lbs of meat when processed! Here are some pictures of the meat in the bins we picked it up in. We failed to bring enough bins--not realizing how
Christmas 2018
Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! December, 2018 To all our Special Friends and Loved Ones, Whatever bad news continues to bombard us from our world and Church today, let us take consolation in the good news of the Gospel: “The angel said...Behold, I bring you good news
Our New Home!
After years of wandering in our own “desert” hoping one day to settle down in our own “promised land,” we found this year (2017) a little farm in Rutherford County, NC, with 7 acres on a hilltop overlooking the Blue Ridge Mountains. After a few months of
An Addition to Our Home!
We have been using our lower level for a temporary chapel until we could build a proper extension for the chapel. Thanks be to God, construction got underway in earnest on March 1st. The first level will contain the chapel, a small library and a guest