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“The Monks are back. School must have started…”

…this is what I wrote recently in my journal, totaling the entries to two (2), because it’s a beautiful leather bound journal I received as a gift for Christmas years ago and I don’t want to mess it up with … Continue reading

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New Melleray Pt.2

Continued excerpts from my journal reflecting on my retreat at New Melleray Abbey: Later…Pine trees, snow, and a fat cat. Meowing outside my window at the moment, as he was during Mass, breakfast, and generally the entire time from 6:30 … Continue reading

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New Melleray

The following are excerpts from my journal reflecting on a recent retreat at New Melleray Abbey, a Trappist monastery in Peosta, IA: Monday, March 31st, 2008 12:37 pm It’s a bit of a lie to title this “New Melleray” when … Continue reading

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