Novice Bertrand of the Felinesville Cloister responds in shock

Novice Clare Marie chooses Benedict’s modification



Hello, Readers, feline and human! Sr. Maggie, OSB-F, Cloister Contemplative, here welcoming you to a special Benedictine Mewsletter In-Between focused on Lent.

Pondering a continuous Lent, do you respond with the same shock and dismay as Novice Bertrand? Would you like to try Benedict’s second option – to wash away those negligences during the season of Lent?

If so, join the Feline Cloister and the sweet Novice Clare Marie in a special Lenten practice.

To help you towards this goal...

The Feline Cloister offers "The Purrfect Lenten Practice for 2026"

Two prayers we can pray together as a broad community of Benedictine seekers of God.

Cloister members will follow these practices. They invite you to join them by using these practices for a holy Lent.

Are you wondering what spiritual practice would be important and helpful to you this Lent?

You are just in time to join Br. Ricky's Chapter on the Observance of Lent. Four Cloister members will present the 2026 Cloister Lenten Practice: Sr. Nikki, Resident Novices Sebastian Thomas and Little Jenny, and Friend of the Cloister Peanut.

You are invited to join the entire Feline Cloister as they use this practice

Daily Prayers for Lent from the Feline Cloister

Sr. Maggie shares two prayers for the season of Lent. Both track well with living the Fruit of the Spirit – that in this season of Lent we take steps to open to Christ working within us.

One prayer is a portion of Psalm 51. The second is a prayer by Cardinal John Henry Newman, 1801-1890.

Sr. Maggie invites you to pray these prayers along with all in the Feline Cloister and the whole Mewsletter community.

Click on the link below to reach the prayers. There you will also

find instructions for printing each prayer.

Do you know a feline or a human who would benefit by

reading this Mewsletter InBetween?  

Amma Jane and Br. Ricky invite you to forward this email to them.