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Time in a California monastery<\/a><\/p>\n

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The monastery, once the personal vineyard of California Gov. (and university founder) Leland Stanford, covers more than 580 acres. In keeping with the Cistercian belief that a simple, earthly life is one of spiritual abundance, the abbey is a working farm. Most of it is covered with trees, allowing guests to wander in the dappled shadows of orchards.<\/p>\n

Our favorites were the towering, century-old black walnut trees that spread their limbs out over the retreat facilities. Their leafy canopies gave the collection of guest cottages and rows of dormitories the feel of a small Midwest college.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Abbey of New Clairvaux<\/a><\/p>\n

What are your favorite monasteries? To what extent to you participate in the prayer life of the monastery when you go? What’s the fruit?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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