Perfectly satisfied with cloistered life in Mobile
Mary Raphael Stane, 67, who joined Visitation Monastery in Mobile four decades ago, describes a sheltered life shielded from news and crime. She recalls her first glimpse of modern travel by plane and her limited exposure to television before becoming accustomed to monastic routines.
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Birmingham
Ala
Mary Raphael Stane
United States
Visitation
Mobile
Mary
Birmingham News
Lawrence Welk
Goren on Bridge and Sudden Departure from Monastery
In a bridge problem, South holds Queen and two other high cards with fragile defense as West opens. The article shifts to mundane notes about a nun near retirement, Sister Mary, who has served decades in the monastery kitchen and baking altar breads, reflecting on changes and possible funeral travel.
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Mary
United States
Czechoslovakia
Milosz to visit Poland in June for meetings and tours
Nobel laureate Czeslaw Milosz will visit Poland in June, meeting the Polish writers' club and writers' union, touring Krakow and Lublin, and receiving an honorary doctorate from the Catholic University in Lublin. His works have been published here in special editions since his 1980 award.
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Warsaw
Poland
Czeslaw Milosz
United States
Polish Writers’ Club
Writers’ Union
Krakow
Lublin
Catholic University In
Europe
Milosz
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