I knew the Benedictines had gone ’round the bend of late, but this is just bizarre.
The [Presbyterian] Rev. Lynne Smith is believed to be the first woman in the United States to join a monastery founded by Roman Catholic sisters without converting from her original religion.
(Thanks, Open Book)
Update: The original news story link no longer works, so here’s another version.
First U.S. ecumenical community for women
Lynne Smith describes herself as a new monastic for the new millennium. Smith is a Presbyterian Benedictine — not just a baptized Presbyterian, but an ordained minister in the Presbyterian church. She is also a novice in the ecumenical community of Benedictine women of Madison.