They also take in way-faring FReepers and invite them for dinner...:-)
Joe, are you in that picture? You are very fortunate for your encounter. Everything I have ever read about the New Skete Monastery recommends them as a fine group. Same with the Laser Monks in Spring Green.
Are you the handsome one in the middle hugging the GSD? You are a lucky man, I’m told, to have a New Skete dog. A few years back, I remember reading that there was so much demand and such a long waiting list for their puppies that they were not taking any new orders.