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Huntington nuns choose a life of tradition, service
Quick ReadThe Sisters of St. Benedict are traditional nuns in a country where most religious sisters have tossed away their habits, moved out of the convent and entered into a wide range of apostolic works
Photo credit: Newsday/Mahala Gaylord | Sister Bernarda, right, and Mother Superior Ewa, left, stand in silence as the Missionary Sisters of St. Benedict make their afternoon prayers in the chapel. (November 12, 2009)
Photos: The Missionary Sister of St. Benedict
The bell rings at 5:15 a.m. every day to wake up the Missionary Sisters of St. Benedict at their semi-cloistered convent in Huntington.
By 5:35 a.m., all 21 of them are gathered in the chapel, dressed in long, black habits and starched veils. They pray for a half-hour, then fall into silent meditation for another half-hour.
They spend an hour tending to the 43 elderly residents of an...
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