Description What is a monastery? A Monastery is a place set apart--a place to learn the blessings of powerlessness, and that time is not ours but God\'s.
Certain vocations offer the same kind of opportunity for contemplation, and provide a dese.
But the principle is equally valid for those of us who cannot go off to monasteries.
The vocation of monastic men and women is to physically withdraw from the world.
Our home and our duties can, just like a monastery, teach us those things.
Description What is a monastery? A Monastery is a place set apart--a place to learn the blessings of powerlessness, and that time is not ours but God\'s