Tag: ashram life

• When Providence Moves …

  In the summer of 1968, a hitchhiking pilgrim experiences Providence in motion, receives unexpected hospitality in Amherst, and witnesses a startling moment at a Connecticut turkey farm.

  RMDell’Orfano

  February 18, 2026

  Autobio

  Amherst 1968, ashram life, Christian pilgrimage, Doris and Jack, Gethsemane, Hatha Yoga, hitchhiking, hospitality, Providence, spiritual boldness, St Francis rule, Thomas Merton, turkey farm incident, W H Murray