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 cows when processed with six-eight month olds, we got

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 ones; Abby had a litter of 6 puppies; and 72

Abby, our Maremma Sheepdog had another litter of puppies in March. Here is Lucia at 7 weeks.

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 Perpetua (Pepe) gave birth to one white kid whom

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 replete with many graces. We stayed at the visionary,

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)