The lure of silence
VISITORS who drive over the Wadboo Bridge, 30 miles from downtown Charleston, soon come upon a majestic alley of ancient live oaks, the entrance to the monastery of Our Lady of Mepkin. Twenty-eight Trappist monks live at Mepkin Abbey, following the simple Cistercian routine of prayer, scripture-reading and manual labour that was laid down 900 years ago in France.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “The lure of silence”
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