– “We know that we have been called to become spiritual mothers in our silent and hidden life. Priests and seminarians have a privileged place as our spiritual sons, as do all of those who turn to us asking for support in their priestly life and ministry, in the trials and anxieties they encounter. Our life shall be a witness to the apostolic efficacy of contemplative life, imitating the Blessed Virgin Mary, who stands in eminent and singular fashion as exemplar both of virgin and mother.” - Mother M. Sofia, a Benedictine Abbess