Author presents book reading

Sister Henrietta Hockle displays her book, 'On High Ground,"which chronicles the history of the Olivetan Benedictine Sisters at Holy Angels Convent where Sister Henrietta formerly served as prioress. [Click to enlarge]

PIGGOTT -- Author Henrietta Hockle will present a reading of her book, "On High Ground", in the Hemingway Barn-Studio, Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center, 1021 West Cherry Street, Piggott, Ar., Sunday, Jan. 16, at 2 p.m. She will be available for book signing until 3:30 p.m.

"On High Ground" chronicles the history of the Olivetan Benedictine Sisters at Holy Angels Convent where Sister Henrietta formerly served as prioress. The 342 page book is the most exhaustive history ever written about the order, and it traces the Benedictines from Switzerland to Arkansas and from Pocahontas to Holy Angels Convent in Craighead County.

For more information contact Deanna Webster, Education Coordinator, Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center, Piggott, 870-598-3487 or dcwebster@centurytel.net.