Karen Pulfer Focht By this Author Nov 02, 2021 Benedictine abbey in rural Missouri draws growing number of young womenSinging is an integral part of life for a cloistered order of nuns, the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, in rural Missouri. The nuns have just released their 10th album. Jan 14, 2020 Poor Clares' contemplative monastery in Tennessee quietly closesAs Christmas approached and 2019 came to a close, the last Catholic contemplative monastery in Tennessee quietly closed. Aug 13, 2019 Final public Mass, tears mark closing of Poor Clare monastery in Memphis