Benedictine Sr. Gabriele Penka stands in the olive grove, which covers about four acres of the Mount of Olives. The sisters also have some fruit trees and a small vegetable garden. (GSR photo / Melanie Lidman)
by GSR Staff
December 13, 2016
"Monastic life — it is not just the wall in itself, which is to mark a certain separation. It should also be a kind of inner attitude. It doesn't mean that you're not interested in what is going on, but that you try to keep a certain distance and try not to be overwhelmed by what is going on outside."
- Sr. Gabriele Penka (above), quoted in New water: Benedictine Sisters in East Jerusalem revive ancient cisterns, published on Global Sisters Report