Cloistered nuns present 'in spirit' and by providing hosts for installation Mass
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Two sisters work full time and another part time in what is called the host room. When two sisters are working, one usually is handing the eight “bakers” and the other is mixing batches.
Flour and water are poured into bowls and mixed before baking. After the baking is the dampening process. “You can’t just cut them right out of the baker,” Mother Mary said. “They’d just crumble. You put them in a dampener, and after waiting a while — maybe the next day — they will be ready for cutting.”
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