Benedictine nuns

Learn about Benedictine nuns and where their monasteries are located in the U.S.

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In 1964, just two years after Byers entered, Queen of Angels Monastery reached the height of its population at 144 sisters. Now only 16 sisters remain. They are all over 70 years old. Three of them are older than 90. All of them will leave the monastery over the next six months.

BETHLEHEM, CT- 11 OCTOBER 2005- Sister Alma Egger hoists a 40-50 lb. bale of hay in one of the 12 hay fields at the Abbey of Regina Laudis in Bethlehem. The abbey produces about 6,000 bales of hay per season to feed their livestock. (Photo by Robert Falcetti)

BETHLEHEM, CT- 11 OCTOBER 2005-Sisters from the Abbey of Regina Laudis held their Vespers (evening Gregorian chant) around the casket of abbey founder Mother Benedict Duss the night before her funeral in the Abbey's church, Jesu Fili Mariae. Mother Benedict founded the abbey, the first female Benedictine abbey in the United States, 47 years ago. (Photo by Robert Falcetti)

"Chapter 4 The Absent Made Present: Portraying Nuns in the Early Modern Low Countries" published on 03 Apr 2019 by Brill.

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