How long can you live with silence? During the last full week of February my wife and I traveled to Arizona for a few days of sun—and rain!—hikes in the mountains, and a family visit. The week was capped by two days in a remote monastery in southeastern Arizona, surrounded by sweeping desert and mountain views. Santa Rita Abbey is home to a community of Cistercian Catholic Sisters. (Learn more at http://www.santaritaabbey.org/our-community/ .) The only public sound in their life together … [Read more...]