I learned today that Sr. Benedicta Ward passed away on May 23rd. She was an Anglican nun of the Community of the Sisters of the Love of God, and a scholar of early Church history. I had enjoyed her work on the Desert Fathers and St Bede and I was looking forward to meeting her at the end of the summer at a monastic conference. She will be missed by many within the monastic community and the Church as a whole. Say a prayer for her and her community if you have a moment.