(Lynn R. Johnson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Monks at Our Lady of the Holy Trinity Abbey concelebrate the 6:25 a.m. daily Mass in the monastery's main chapel in 1997. Salt Lake City attorney Michael O'Brien has written a memoir of his boyhood interactions with the monks.
Hired in 1991 to cover Utah's various faiths, particularly Mormonism, Peggy has talked forgiveness with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, nearly fainted waiting for the Dalai Lama, fasted with Muslims during Ramadan — and has reported on 50 consecutive semiannual LDS General Conferences.