{"product_id":"come-to-the-mountain-st-benedicts-monastery-9780996445443","title":"Come to the Mountain: St. Benedict's Monastery","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): William Meninger\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Curt Carpenter\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Curt Carpenter\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Monasticism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCome to the Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e - St. Benedict's Monastery\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSt. Benedict's Monastery celebrated its sixtieth anniversary in 2016, living and passing on the ancient Benedictine tradition as interpreted by the eleventh-century Cistercian Order. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 1956 a small group of monks left St. Joseph's Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts to become the founding fathers of St. Benedict's Monastery in Snowmass Colorado. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile living in a 100-year-old farmhouse and its adjacent barns, these monks began construction of the present monastery. A short time later they were joined by forty-five monks, sent as temporary helpers from the founding monastery. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSince that time the monks of St. Benedict's have striven to follow the Rule of St. Benedict by becoming a \"school of charity.\" \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe monks aspire, through the daily life of their Cistercian community, to be transformed in mind and heart by embodying Christ Jesus in ways appropriate to our times.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Curt Carpenter","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45119770722455,"sku":"9780996445443","price":2545.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780996445443.webp?v=1767100006","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/come-to-the-mountain-st-benedicts-monastery-9780996445443","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}