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Monastic Life Reveals Interior Struggle at Dubuque Abbey
In an enclosed monastery Mother Gail Fitzpatrick explains that evil lies in the heart and the interior struggle to love. The abbey emphasizes silence, separation from the world, prayer, austerity, and contemplation for women entering Trappistine life.
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Sandra VanAmburg Lazatte
Dubuque
Mother Gail Fitzpatrick
Our Lady of the Mississippi Abbey
Mother Gail
Gail
Mount St. Mary’s Abbey
Wrentham
Mass
Sister of Mercy
Little Flower
St. Therese of Liseaux
Thomas Merton
Trappistines
Fiji
Akita
Japan
St. Paul’s Journey
Sacred Heart
Our Lady's Point
St. Joseph’s Point