Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani Trappist, Kentucky
The Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani was founded in 1848. It is the oldest monastery in the United States that is active.
Gethsemani was home of Trappist Monk Thomas Merton from 1941 till his death in 1968.
Thomas Merton was an American Trappist monk, writer, theologian, mystic, poet, social activist, and scholar of comparative religion. On May 26, 1949, he was ordained to the priesthood and given the name "Father Louis"
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