"The women of Holy Wisdom Monastery have restored 170 acres of native prairie and oak savanna. “Humans need creation to find ourselves,” one said."
"The prairie sisters of Wisconsin would never call themselves renegades.
Not in their decision to open their Roman Catholic community to Protestants. And not in their decades-long work restoring 170 acres around their monastery to ecological health, transforming lawns and farm fields into thriving oak savanna and native prairie that is riotous with wildflowers and grasses, insects, rabbits and birds.
The sisters of Holy Wisdom Monastery outside Madison, Wisc., say these actions fulfill their highest calling: to welcome all people and care for the Earth as a sacred place.
The sisters have won awards for their ecological work, and they earned the highest LEED sustainability certification for their main building, which is powered by solar energy and heated and cooled with geothermal wells. In keeping with their pledge of humility, the sisters keep their plaques and awards tucked away in a conference room."
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