In 1958, after leaving school, I felt God calling me to become a cloistered Sister. I had felt his call for a long time but had resisted, because I couldn’t understand how God could call someone like me to such a holy kind of life.

There were many choices available to me for religious life but I felt I wanted to give God my all, so I chose to become a cloistered Nun where I could speak to the heart of God and meet everyone in God’s heart.

I lived very happily in the Convent for sixteen years. However, at the end of that time, I began to struggle with a deeper call to share the fruit of my contemplation and to witness to people that a life of prayer is possible for the ordinary person.

So, I prayed and discussed my feelings with my Spiritual Director and prayed some more. The Lord confirmed my feelings and promised me that when I made the step back out into the world, He would send me someone with whom I would share my life and to help me do His work. When Rhonda came into my life, I knew this was the person He had sent.