We always think of cloistered
nuns as solitary women living in a convent with limited access to the outside
world. There are of course exceptions, like the case of Anne Russell Miller who
just died at the age of 92. She was quite a socialite, enjoying life in San
Francisco, married and raising 10 children, and seeing over 40 grandchildren
and great-grandchildren being added to her already large family. She smoked and
drank, drove fast and played cards with her circle of friends. When her husband
died in 1984, she started to retreat into her own personal space. Yet when she
turned 61, her children hosted a lavish party for her with 800 guests. A few
days later she went to Chicago, and entered a Carmelite convent in Des Plaines, Illinois, living a contemplative
life of complete silence, except for 30 minutes a day. Anne passed away a few
weeks ago as Sister Mary Joseph of the Trinity, OCD.
Saturday 26 June 2021
From mother of 10 to cloistered nun
Anne Miller playing cards, and later in life as a cloistered nun
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