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Posts published in April 2021

Making Monk Music

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By Michael Patrick O’Brien– (Editor’s note: The Boy Monk dedicates its April 2021 blogspace to Utah’s Catholic sisters and nuns.) As a young boy visiting the old Trappist monastery in…

The Fabulous Irish O’Connor Sisters of Ogden

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By Michael Patrick O’Brien– (Editor’s note: The Boy Monk dedicates its April 2021 blogspace to Utah’s Catholic sisters and nuns.) I am amazed continually about the wonderful stories of Irish-American…

Silver Reef Sisters

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By Gary Topping– (Editor’s note: The Boy Monk dedicates its April 2021 blogspace to Utah’s Catholic sisters and nuns.) The Sisters of the Holy Cross came to Utah in 1875,…

An Extraordinary (and Wonderfully Ordinary) Sister Act

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By Michael Patrick O’Brien– (Editor’s note: The Boy Monk dedicates its April 2021 blogspace to Utah’s Catholic sisters and nuns.) Utah’s Catholic religious sisters and nuns did so many extraordinary…

The Gypsy Sisters

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By Gary Topping– (Editor’s note: The Boy Monk dedicates its April 2021 blogspace to Utah’s Catholic sisters and nuns.) The Roman Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City has been remarkably…

The Monkey on the Shelf

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By Michael Patrick O’Brien– (Editor’s note: The Boy Monk dedicates its April 2021 blogspace to Utah’s Catholic sisters and nuns.) Utah was blessed for a long time to host two…

Crushed Bones: A Reflection on Psalm 51 in Dance

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By Megan Mary O’Brien (Guest Contributor)– (Editor’s note: this reflection discusses a liturgical dance by the author and by dancer Trevor Wilde performed at Missio Dei in Salt Lake City…