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The Cheese Nun

CBS Sunday Morning: One taste of her cheese and you might be tempted to say “Holy Cow!” Mo Rocca tells us why: Seven times a day, the Benedictine Nuns of the Abbey of Regina Laudis gather for prayer and the singing of the Psalms. This is their way of communing with the Lord. So is… Read More ›

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When Nuns, Prayer, and Cheese Meet

CROZET, Va. — It’s a business model you won’t see anywhere else: thirteen women who make artisanal Gouda cheese that sells out every year. Their secret ingredient? Prayer. Prayer is also the reason they say they won’t expand. The Gouda Life The women are nuns living in a cloistered Trappist community at Our Lady of the… Read More ›

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Mixing Scripture Into the Batter

CAMBRIDGE, N.Y (New York Times) — At first, the prep work for 200 four-pound cheesecakes in the sunny, commercial kitchen seemed familiar, unremarkable. An elderly woman in a bandanna wielded a cheese cutter, slicing through fat bricks of cream cheese. Another woman with silvery bangs poured heavy cream into the mixer, dipped a tasting pinkie… Read More ›

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Where the Boys Aren’t

HOW do you marry God after you’ve kissed the King? Easy. Just ask Dolores Hart. The 73-year-old Benedictine nun is planning to attend the Oscars (this) Sunday. She will be a lot more covered up than she was the last time she went to the ceremony — in 1959, as a presenter and a gorgeous… Read More ›

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