Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

Lexington Bishop John Stowe gives permission to diocesan hermit Christian Matson to stage her ‘coming out’ as transgender…

Diocesan hermits by nature don’t get much attention. A small subset of religious persons, hermits mostly spend their lives engaged in quiet prayer. Brother Christian Matson, a Catholic diocesan hermit in Kentucky, has spent years doing just that. His monk’s habit might catch his neighbors’ eye, but he is known in the town where he lives primarily through his work with the local theater.