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
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,
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 and Obedience according to the Rule of St. Benedict
Our new cow-port gives needed shade to the cows!
Our new spring meat chickens have arrived... 40 of them! Here we are introducing our sheep dog to the new chicks.
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 Lord our hearts are at peace, for we know
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 many would be needed for that amount of beef--so
