Conference: Part 2

The is the Trappist Abbey of Gethsemane. While in college some of us would walk the 14 miles to the Abbey just for a break. The men here, priests and brothers, live a life in vows (poverty, chastity, obedience) with two additional vows which others do not take. These two other vows are Stability (they don't leve the Monastery) and Silence (rarely speak). A fascinating, holy place: