On Tuesday, May 5, 2009, at a vespers service at Christ

the King Church, Prioress Sr. Patricia Crowley received

Tracy Baird, Matthew Canty, Eileen Gallegos, Connie

Godfrey, Emily Hartman, Phyllis King, Cindy Kramer,

James Kramer, Mary Agnes Leonard, Dorothy Mansfield,

Jessie Smith , Marta Wallin and Sylvia Wallin into the

Oblate formation program of St. Scholastica Monastery,

Chicago, Illinois. Sr. Patricia came from Chicago, Sr.

Karen Bland from Grand Junction, Sr. Susan Remsgar

and our own Sr. Joan Hentges from Pueblo to represent

their community as these new Oblates were received. We

wish these spiritual seekers blessings on their journey as

they explore the riches of Benedictine spirituality.