Gethsemani III
“Monasticism and the Environment” was the theme of the third Buddhist/Catholic encounter sponsored by Monastic Interreligious Dialogue and held at Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky 27-31 May 2008. Forty participants, most of them monastic men and women living in North America, gathered at this renowned Trappist abbey to reflect on and share with one another the environmental wisdom to be found in their monastic teachings and practices.
The Gethsemani III link in the left sidebar offers a collection of photographs, as well as the texts and audio recordings of most of the presentations made at the conference.
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Thomas Merton's hermitage at Gethsemani Abbey.
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