Living in one of the peninsula's 20 monasteries, dozen cloisters, or hundreds of cells, the monks are detached even from each other, reserving most of their time for prayer and solitude.
The Chapel and the Monastery enclosure, which now include the monks' cells and the refectory, were erected six years later. Designed by Ralph Adams Cram, the Chapel architecture is a combination ...
Author Pico Iyer chronicles his 100+ retreats to a remote Benedictine hermitage in Big Sur, Northern California; exploring ...
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