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“Sunday is the golden clasp that binds together the volume of the week.” —H. W. Longfellow

Evagrius Ponticus (“the solitary”) is responsible for one of the greatest apothegms on the monastic vocation: The “monk is one who is separated from all and united with all.” From the archive, three authors give accounts of retreats to American monasteries.

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MAY 2024 ● BY MARK BAUERLEIN

THE CARTHUSIANS OF VERMONT ([link removed])

The cell has two “countenances,” the monks in Vermont tell me: the Tender Mother and the Harsh Teacher.

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OCTOBER 2014 ● BY WESLEY J. SMITH

TWO DAYS ON A HOLY MOUNTAIN ([link removed])
A pilgrimage isn’t a vacation. Most fundamentally, pilgrims—like monks and nuns—seek salvation.

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JANUARY 2012 ● BY WILFRED M. MCCLAY

THE DESERT’S AUSTERE GREACE ([link removed])

Despite the continuing general decline in religious vocations, there is today a large waiting list of young men wishing to enter Christ in the Desert.

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