Sharing the Gospel through honeybees and all of God's creation

Sr. Barbara Hagel pulls a frame out of an active hive. (Melanie Lidman)

Sr. Barbara Hagel pulls a frame out of an active hive. (Melanie Lidman)

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Clip from "In Good Faith" podcast

Dominicans are known as the Order of Preachers — and they embrace this calling in many ways. In this clip from "In Good Faith," Srs. Barbara Hagel and Jeanette DeYoung, Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose in Fremont, California, explain how their work of caring for creation — and watching over their honeybees — preaches the good news.

Click here to listen to the full "In Good Faith" podcast where this clip is from.

GSR shares clips from our friends at A Nun's Life Ministry. Check out full episodes of all their podcasts (Ask Sister, In Good Faith, Random Nun Clips and more, like the archived Motherhouse Road Trips) on their website, ANunsLife.org.

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