This week I’ve been at the Education Law Symposium. After my presentation on Campus Ministry and Legal Issues, I traveled an hour outside of Louisville to Gethsemane Abbey, where Thomas Merton lived and is buried. I spoke with Brother Rene, who knew Merton for nearly 20 years- “a joyful man” he said.
Here are some photos of my trip to the famed Gethsemane Abbey. (note: last photo is not my own)
This was a great getaway from the more serious material covered at the symposium. What made it even more interesting though was the company I was blessed to have: a Marist brother from Texas, a Jesuit from Nebraska and a laywoman from Chicago.
klz
July 12, 2008 at 9:38 am
Wonderful! My favorite getaway is another Trappist Monastery – The Abbey of the Genesee in Piffard, New York. I am planning a trip for sometime this coming semester. Glad you were able to see Gethsemane. I have not been there yet. I have stayed at the one in Georgia and stopped by at the ones in Iowa and S. Carolina.
Mike St. Pierre
July 12, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Hi Ken, thanks for the tip on that NY location. I’ve been to the one in WVA, MA and now this one. Pretty inspiring to say the least. You’ll have to take some pictures on your next trip.
Pax, M