Another article on the Sisters of Mary of the Eucharist in Ann Arbor, this one from the Detroit Free-Press. Rather unusual for a newspaper article, considering it is structured as a prayer…

Dear God: How do you capture the soul of a community?

How do you get people to care about a convent? After so many Catholic schools closed in Detroit? When there is such a shortage of priests and nuns?

How do you get your arms around something that sounds so old-fashioned?

I struggled with how to tell this story, to capture this unique place with the right tone, until Sister John Paul told me to pray about it, to ask for guidance — and it’s only fitting, because prayer is at the center of her life; it’s at the center of this place.

And in this world, where the sisters take their relationship with God to a level that is almost beyond comprehension, each becoming the bride of Christ, prayer explains everything.

Rather remarkable.