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Molly O’Brien (’03, right) adventuring with a friend on a Colorado mountaintop
Molly O’Brien (’03, right) adventuring with a friend on a Colorado mountaintop

On Wednesday — the Feast of All Saints — Molly O’Brien (’03) will enter the Abbey of St. Walburga in Virginia Dale, Colorado.

“I had no intention of entering religious life,� admits Miss O’Brien, who entered nursing school after graduating from the College more than 14 years ago. For the last 11 years she has worked as a nurse, primarily in the cardiology unit at Children’s Hospital Colorado. But “God is full of surprises,� she adds, and she discovered her vocation when she “went through the Exercises of St. Ignatius and, around the same time, randomly stopped at the Abbey on a road trip.�

By God’s grace Miss O’Brien will soon be making the transition from the active life to that of a contemplative Benedictine nun. “I am so excited to be entering!� she writes.

Please keep her in your prayers!