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The Anchoress the following, delightful video, featuring the in Tehachapi, Calif.

Three alumnae of the College are currently members of the 鈥淪isters of the Mountains,鈥 including Sr. Mary Oda (Jenny Tilley 鈥02). In addition to participating in the Sisters鈥 rich life of prayer and devotion, Sr. Mary Oda also serves as their cook, cares for their livestock, and is earning a master鈥檚 degree in theology.

 

At the 4:00 mark of the video, Sr. Mary offers a beautiful testimonial about why she left an Ivy League school to come to Thomas Aquinas College, and how the College helped her to find her vocation:

鈥淚 went to Princeton University first, and I was Protestant, but I came to a fuller understanding of the Catholic faith, and so I converted while I was there. Then I decided that I wanted a deeper experience of living that Catholic faith and knowing more about it, so I transferred to Thomas Aquinas College in 天美影院. Part of my thought in going there was that it would be a good place to find a good Catholic husband, but I found a really good husband in Christ as my spouse. I came to realize that really I was being called to the consecrated life.鈥

Sr. Mary Oda appears again at the 16:53 mark, and the video then shows scenes from her solemn profession on January 29, 2011. The whole production, however, is so edifying and inspiring that it deserves to be watched in its entirety!

NB: The Norbertine Sisters are already for their  ...