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Looking for a monastery to help?
Here's a deserving candidate--St. Michael the Archangel Monastery in Canones, NM.
This from Steve Robinson at Pithless Thoughts:
St. Michael's is under "reconstruction" by Mp. Jonah....Fr. Silouan from St. John's was sent by Mp. Jonah (who was Fr. Silouan's Abbot at St. John's for years) to be the Superior and re-establish order and rebuild the Monastery.
The monastery has basic infrastructure. There are small three cells that were built several years ago. They have no water or electricity to them and are heated by a wood burning stove by design....The original buildings on the property are over 80 years old and were built "al ojo" (by the eye). None of them are insulated and need major repairs and upgrading.
Here is the need: They have basically no money. Fr. Silouan is overwhelmed just keeping up with the day to day needs of the monastery (he was digging a trench to fix a broken drainage pipe last Sunday to try to get it done and reburied before the freeze that night).... If you can donate toward a "construction fund" for the Monastery it would go a long way to easing some of the pressures of trying to prioritize what to fix and when.
Please read Steve Robinson's post for much more information and on how to help.
(On a personal note, Fr. Ephroysnos has been a guest in my home. I am very pleased to learn he is now at St. Michael's.)
3 comments:
Thanks, John. I highly recommend a pilgrimmage there if you can. It is much more conducive to a contemplative time than St. Anthony's (at least for me...)
I definitely plan to do that very thing. Please pass along my regards to Fr. E.
Two (well, three) great monks! I hope everything comes together down there, soon. Perhaps I'll go help dig a hole or two this month.
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