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| Gethsemani Abbey Retreat, Trappist, Kentucky, 2007 |
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 In February of 2007, Tom Cox led some All Saints parishioners for a silent retreat at the Abbey of Gethsemani, a Cistercian monastery in Trappist, Kentucky. |
 Retreatants sleep and eat in the Retreat House that adjoins the chapel. Silence is kept in most areas of the Retreat House and cell phones may not be used within the building. |
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 Tony (King), Tom (Cox), Greg (Veltema), Marty (Liphard), Rosemary (Severance) and Barb (Backus) (behind the camera) are pictured in front of the monastery Gift Shop, home of bourbon-laced fudge.
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 Retreatants and monks gather in the chapel 7 times a day for services. The first service, Vigils, is at 3:15 a.m., followed by Lauds at 5:45 a.m., Terce at 7:30 a.m., Sext at 12:15 p.m. None at 2:15 p.m., Vespers at 5:30 p.m. and Compline at 7:30 p.m. |
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 The dining room, where silence is observed at all times to preserve the atmosphere of prayer, overlooks a garden and rolling wooded hills. |
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 A reminder to resist the temptation to speak sits on dining room tables. |
 Outside of the dining room window, “The Epiphany,” a sculptural variation on the Mother and Child theme, is installed by the garden walk.
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 Retreatants are invited to walk the wooded grounds for meditation and reflection. |
 The path, brightened by the yellowed leaves of understory trees, leads to the sculpture garden, “The Garden of Gethsemani.”
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 A plaque at the entrance of “The Garden of Gethsemani,” tells of the 1965 martyrdom of Jonathan Daniels, an Episcopalian seminarian, in Alabama.
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 The sleeping Disciples in the garden. |
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 Christ in the garden. |
 The walk back to the monastery passes a hilltop seat for meditation. One remembers pictures of Thomas Merton in such a place |
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 Cross in the morning sun overlooks the Abbey.
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 Thomas Merton’s grave, located outside the chapel wall, is marked by a berry wreath.
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