The Abbey of Gethsemani

The Abbey of Gethsemani
Author: Dianne Aprile
Publsiher: Trout Lily Press (KY)
Total Pages: 256
Release: 1998
Genre: History
ISBN: 0964280213

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Richly illustrated with photographs, illustrations, and reproductions of documents, this detailed account of the founding and growth of America's "proto-abbey" is rooted in the historical context of the Cistercians and the monastic tradition. The work of Father Louis, Thomas Merton, is skillfully woven into the story of the abbey.

The Rule of Saint Benedict

The Rule of Saint Benedict
Author: Saint Benedict (Abbot of Monte Cassino.),David Parry
Publsiher: Gracewing Publishing
Total Pages: 152
Release: 1990
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0852441681

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Fifteen centuries after it was written, the Rule of St. Benedict still provides a deep and practical spirituality that helps lay people cope with everyday problems and challenges.

In Praise of the Useless Life

In Praise of the Useless Life
Author: Paul Quenon
Publsiher: Ave Maria Press
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2018-04-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781594717604

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Monastic life and its counter-cultural wisdom come alive in the stories and lessons of Br. Paul Quenon, O.C.S.O., during his more than five decades as a Trappist at the Abbey of Gethsemani. He served as a novice under Thomas Merton and he also welcomed some of the monastery's more well-known visitors, including Sr. Helen Prejean and Seamus Heaney, to Merton's hermitage. In Praise of the Useless Life includes Quenon's quiet reflections on what it means to live each day with careful attentiveness. The humble peace and simplicity of the monastery and of Quenon's daily life are beautifully portrayed in this memoir. Whether it be through the daily routine of the monastery, his love of the outdoors no matter the season, or his lively and interesting conversations with visitors (reciting Emily Dickinson with Pico Iyer, discussing Merton and poetry with Czeslaw Milosz), Quenon's gentle musings display his love for the beauty in his vocation and the people he’s encountered along the way. Inspired by his novice master Merton, the poet and photographer’s stories remind us that the beauty of life can best be seen in the "uselessness" of daily life—having a quiet chat with a friend, spending time in contemplation—in our vocations, and in the memories we make along the way.

Monks Road

Monks Road
Author: The Monks of Gethsemani
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 135
Release: 2015-04-01
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: 1495144038

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Thomas Merton s Gethsemani

Thomas Merton s Gethsemani
Author: Monica Weis
Publsiher: University Press of Kentucky
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2014-10-17
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780813157450

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For twenty-seven years, renowned and beloved monk Thomas Merton (1915-1968) belonged to Our Lady of Gethsemani, a Trappist monastery established in 1848 amid the hills and valleys near Bardstown, Kentucky. In Thomas Merton's Gethsemani, dramatic black-and-white photographs by Harry L. Hinkle and artful text by Merton scholar Monica Weis converge in a unique experience for lovers of Merton. Hinkle was allowed unprecedented access to many areas inside the monastery and on its grounds that are generally restricted. His photographs invite the reader to experience the various knobs, lakes, woods, and hermitages Merton sought out for times of solitude and contemplation and for reading and writing. These unique images, each accompanied by a passage from Merton's writings, evoke personal reflection and a deeper understanding of how and why Merton came to recognize himself as a part of his Kentucky landscape. Woven throughout the book, Weis's text explores Merton's fascination with nature not only at Gethsemani, but during his early childhood, throughout his spiritual conversion to Roman Catholicism, and while a member of the Trappist community. She examines how Merton's lifelong interaction with nature subtly revealed and informed his profound spiritual experiences and his writing about contemplation. Thomas Merton's Gethsemani replicates Merton's path on his solitary hikes in the woods and conveys the wonder of the landscapes that inspired him.

The Seven Storey Mountain

The Seven Storey Mountain
Author: Thomas Merton
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-12
Genre: Christian biography
ISBN: 028107366X

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This title tells the story of Thomas Merton's search for faith and peace in a world which first fascinated and then appalled him. It is written with the profound insight of a man who has seen himself clearly.

Business Secrets of the Trappist Monks

Business Secrets of the Trappist Monks
Author: August Turak
Publsiher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2013-07-09
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780231535229

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August Turak is a successful entrepreneur, corporate executive, and award-winning author who attributes much of his success to living and working alongside the Trappist monks of Mepkin Abbey for seventeen years. As a frequent monastic guest, he learned firsthand from the monks as they grew an incredibly successful portfolio of businesses. Service and selflessness are at the heart of the 1,500-year-old monastic tradition's remarkable business success. It is an ancient though immensely relevant economic model that preserves what is positive and productive about capitalism while transcending its ethical limitations and internal contradictions. Combining vivid case studies from his thirty-year business career with intimate portraits of the monks at work, Turak shows how Trappist principles can be successfully applied to a variety of secular business settings and to our personal lives as well. He demonstrates that monks and people like Warren Buffett are wildly successful not despite their high principles but because of them. Turak also introduces other "transformational organizations" that share the crucial monastic business strategies so critical for success.

Monastery Mornings

Monastery Mornings
Author: Michael Patrick O'Brien
Publsiher: Paraclete Press
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2021-08-17
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781640606500

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A love letter to a community of Trappist monks who provided family when it was needed the most. This warmhearted memoir describes how a small, insecure boy with a vibrant imagination found an unlikely family in the company of monks at Holy Trinity Abbey, in the mountains of rural Latter-day Saint Utah. Struggling with his parents' recent divorce, Michael O'Brien discovered a community filled with warmth, humor, idiosyncrasies, and most of all, listening ears. Filled with anecdotes and delightful "behind the scenes" descriptions of his experiences living alongside the monks as they farmed, prayed, buried their dead, ate, and shared the joys of life, Monastery Mornings speaks to the value of spiritual fatherhood, the lasting impact of positive mentoring, and the stability that the spiritual life can offer to people of all ages and walks of life.