Category: United States

Detailed article on Sister Mary Dawiczyk, a hermit in Genoa, Wisconsin. The Catholic diocese of La Crosse has published guidelines on the eremetic vocation and reports five canonical hermits within its boundaries. The article is “Alone with God: Hermit nun lives life of prayer, solitude” by Gayda Hollnagel of the La Crosse Tribune. URL: http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2005/07/17/news/01hermit.txt.

News article on Lebh Shomea, a Catholic hermitage in southern Texas. Three individuals function as staff, with 25 individual huts occupied for various lengths of time by visitors from around the world. The article writer says succinctly: “The rule here is silence, the only amenity: solitude.” URL: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/
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A Newsweek article entitled “Life in Solitary” by Lisa Miller describes the life journey of Agnes Long, from comfortable middle-class marriage and motherhood to the unraveling of life to her canonical status as a Catholic hermit on an island in northern Wisconsin. URL: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8186598/site/newsweek/. The article is also in the paper/newstand issue of June 20, 2005.

Joe Dickman, an Ohio-born man in the depression era 1930s, moved to Kice Island, a small undeveloped southwest Florida island, where he lived as a hermit. From the compiler of the story of Ed Seely, one of the Everglades hermits. URL: http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=2256&dept_id=457701&newsid=14336309&PAG=461&rfi=9.

Everett Reuss (1914-1934) disappeared into the sierra of the U.S. West professing a love of nature and solitude. He wrote poetry and made block prints of natural settings. With his burro Reuss departed for the desert wilderness, not yet age 21, and never returned. A number of web sites tell his story. The “official” site for books, etc., seems to be EverettReuss.net (http://www.everettruess.net). More information includes a page from Traditional Fine Art Online (http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/2aa/2aa404.htm), Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (http://www.suwa.org/everett.html), and a descriptive biographical page (http://www.angelfire.com/sk/syukhtun/everett.html). Brought to our attention by a friend of Hermitary.