Exile Ends in Glory
The Life of a Trappistine Mother M. Berchmans, O.C.S.O.
Here is Thomas Merton's biography of Mother Berchmans (1876-1915), a French Trappistine. He had been inspired by her strength of spirit that enabled her to leave behind beloved home in France in order to help grow the struggling Our Lady of the Angels Abbey in Hakodate, Japan.
Here is Thomas Merton's biography of Mother Berchmans (1876-1915), a French Trappistine. He had been inspired by her strength of spirit that enabled her to leave behind beloved home in France in order to help grow the struggling Our Lady of the Angels Abbey in Hakodate, Japan.