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Two Augustinian sisters say the cloister opens “unexpected horizons” - Rome Reports

28K views · 473 reactions | #GrottoStories | Sr. Clare Joseph is a Carmelite nun in Terre Haute, Indiana. She and her sisters live a life of silence and contemplation behind a 'grille' and rarely leave the convent. "We come here and we have nothing, but it doesn't feel like we have nothing — it feels like we have everything." | Grotto Network | Facebook

“One Soldier Refused an Order — And Saved Lives” France. Winter, 1944. An American infantry unit moved through a small village at dawn. Shots had been fired earlier. Command feared enemy fighters were hiding among civilians. Then an order came down the line: Burn the houses. Clear the village. Standard wartime procedure. One young private hesitated. Inside one of the homes, he had seen something. Not soldiers. A mother. Two children. An old man too weak to stand. They were terrified. No weapons.

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