August 2011
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Sharing A Common Date In August
Published August 11, 2011
Today, August 11, is the feast of Italy’s St. Clare. This young woman left her life of nobility to follow St. Francis of Assisi and give her life over to God. St. Clare is also the founder of the order of nuns known as the Poor Clares. Back on Palm Sunday of this year the […] Full Story
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A Monk For The Ages
Published August 5, 2011
Last week writer Andrew Nelson and I went out to the Monastery of the Holy Spirit, Conyers, to interview and photograph Father Luke Kot, someone I would only describe as a real gem and living legend in monastic circles. It was a week before his 100th birthday. I arrived about 40 minutes ahead of our […] Full Story
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Happy Birthday to Father Luke!
Published August 3, 2011
Today, Wednesday, Aug. 3, Father Luke Kot, a monk at the Trappist Holy Spirit Monastery in Conyers, turns 100. You can see the multimedia slide show photographer Michael Alexander and I did when he was a young man at 98. We’ve done a few of the slideshows and this remains one of my favorites. –Andrew