The 26-year-old had spent the past eight days in silent retreat contemplating her final vows to become a nun, and she walked to a nearby hill behind Mount Saint Joseph to pray and meditate. Elam was ...

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Sister Jane Kelly, an iconic Catholic nun who forged the creation of Ukiah’s Plowshares center for the homeless and helped ...

Sister Maria Gloria Riva from a cloistered, contemplative monastery in the small state of San Marino in Italy, was the ...