Benedictus

About the Book

Benedictus is a love story of both divine and human dimensions. The story of the nun is also the story of Joseph, her psychologist. It was a labyrinthian path that brought the two together in a surprising and courageous love that changed both their lives. Twenty years of conflict over her vocation had taken Sister Anne into a void whose depths of darkness became what she called a place of Nothing. She always believed that someone would come to help her – and someone did – but not as she had imagined and not in a way that the world would easily accept. It would take someone like Joseph, who was willing to risk all things professionally and personally, to pull her out of that void. Sister Anne’s risk was no less; she had to hold on and meet him every step of the way. No door would be left unopened, sparing her nothing. She walked through them all, and when the last door closed behind her, Sister Anne knew a choice had to be made.

About the Author

O’Neill (pen name for Strite) was a member of a religious order of nuns; teacher and administrator; documentary/script writer in Hollywood; Masters Degree, University of La Verne. A native of Pasadena, she presently resides on the Oregon coast and continues to pick up the proverbial pen. The author of Benedictus, the Story of Sister Anne. annebook3@charter.net