Hannah Vanorny

Hannah Vanorny is a Benedictine sister at Annunciation Monastery in Bismarck, North Dakota. She joined her community in 2006 and made her final monastic profession in 2013. She has served as the assistant director of Campus Ministry at the University of Mary in Bismarck and as the vocation director of her community. Currently, she is Annunciation Monastery's volunteer director and works as a reference associate at the Bismarck Public Library.

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Gas stations, garage sales and God

Horizons - I love wandering around convenience stores. Garage sale signs beckon me. I really enjoy seeing what interesting or oddball items I can find. Choices, diversity and variety are not bad things — even in religion.

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Love and baseball

The stories behind "A League of Their Own" and "A Secret Love" show that sometimes injustices drag on, but there is strength in hope, as Isaiah promises.

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Searching for SHE

Is God a woman? Some people would find this simple question blasphemous. But the question has been on my mind lately as I contemplate the related issue of the role of women in the Roman Catholic Church.

Nun love

Never say never! Nuns and North Dakota