For both reasons, Abbess Benedicta von Spiegel chose to make several foundations in the English-speaking world:  one in Minster, England, one in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, one in Canyon City, Colorado, and one in Boulder. 

They would serve both as a potential refuge for the nuns of Eichstätt and an outlet for the burgeoning community at St. Walburg as it outgrew its buildings. 

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Benedictine Nuns,

Abbey

of

St. Walburga

Virginia Dale CO

Sisters working in the fields .

The first nuns built a strong foundation for the future by their hard work, their grinding poverty, and their unshakeable faith in God's providence

Abbess Benedictavon Spiegel

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