The Monk and the Murderer

Here is the article (it may take some time to upload) :

A recent article from the Catholic World Report features one of the dear monks from the monastery here : Br. Vianney Marie. As a community we had been asked to pray for this man in jail that Br. Vianney Marie was writing letters to but it was not until I read this whole article that I realized how amazing and providential this man's last minute conversion was! My younger brother who is 10 yrs old absolutly loves Br. Vianney Marie and often helps him with odds and ends after mass during the week and from what I hear afterwards Br. Vianney Marie has quite a bit of humor. One of my favorite parts of the article is this:

"You have a contemplative order whose purpose is just prayer and not ministry, but there's an overflow into the world. Most of it is invisible, in souls. Once in a while, God lifts the corner of the veil, and you see how it works." - Fr. Pior

I believe that this is just the beginnings of amazing things to happen because of Clear Creek Monastery! I love our monks!

Girls Gone Mild

I hope to see more articles and websites like this!
MSNBC - Girls Gone Mild? From the article: "... But they are from the Web site of Pure Fashion, a modeling and etiquette program for teen girls whose goal is "to show the public it is possible to be cute, stylish and modest."
Here is the new site: Pure Fashion (Sponsored by Regnum Christi!)

By Candle Light

Eagles Bluff - Clear Creek Monastery

Butterfly on a Musk Thistle

Flood Waters in CC

On our way to high mass at the monastery we drove over a slightly flooded low water bridge and listened as all during mass the rain hammered on the metal roof of the chapel and the thunder shook the walls. On our return home only a few hours later not only the bridge but that whole segment of road was completely under a fast rushing current of brown foaming water. We travelled home by a different road which was much longer and ended up helping some others who were unable to get through a different flooded low water bridge that we could get through with our excursion. Later in the day we returned to the first bridge to take these pictures and already the water had lowered quite a bit. This river where we are standing is upstream just a little from where it flows right by the monastery.

A Recent Graphic Design Project

Here is the latest Catholic Answers Catalog - Summer 2007
The image above is the front of the catalog and the next 47 pages follow a similar color and image theme. The image of the angel was taken by my good friend Matt R. during his study abroad in Europe. Here is the website for Catholic Answers if you would like to recieve a copy for yourself : http://www.catholic.com/

Some of the things you might find when you search my name on the internet

I was browsing around with the search engine 'my way' and came across a few things of interest

Some of my artwork from my graphic design class back in SD : here is the display of my artwork from Palomar College (it says Michaela Lawless underneath)

Here is an image from the SD wildfires that I took

and a CD cover that I designed

Unique Horse Art

These are images from an email sent to me. I love art in general but I have a particular interest in using common objects as art (tastfully that is). Much modern art is disgusting but here is a new art form that really brings forth something beautiful and natural.

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Farm Fresh Chicken!

We now have fresh chicken available for purchase ... come get it now! They are all natural and have been raised out on our pasture. To see more information check our new blog : www.vitabellaranch.blogspot.com or click on the flyer for a high rez version.