c o n t e n t sDedication ixAcknowledgments xiPreface 1Foreword 5Introduction I 9Introduction II 10When the World is Too Much With Us: A Monastic Pilgrimage 13Origins of the Monastic Call 21The Extended Pilgrimage 53The Road on No Map: New Camaldoli Hermitage, Big Sur, California 65An Isolato Dogged by Divinity: The Carmelite House of Prayer, Oakville, California 89Meditations Out of Time: Sonoma Mountain Zen Center, Santa Rosa, California 107Loneliness Does Not Retreat: Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Redwood Valley, California 129Nature’s Mystical Muse: Our Lady of Guadalupe, Lafayette, Oregon 153Sisters Who Make Much of Time: Shalom Prayer Center, Queen of Angels Monastery, Mount Angel, Oregon 173Saint Francis and A Spider’s Web: Franciscan Renewal Center, Portland, Oregon 191Lowing Cows and Abandoned Heifers: Our Lady of Trinity Trappist Monastery, Huntsville, Utah 213Breathless in the Darkness of God: Nada Hermitage, Crestone, Colorado 235A Hermit in the Fridge: Dominican Retreat House, Albuquerque, New Mexico 265Christ and the Hohokam People: Picture Rocks Retreat Center, Tucson, Arizona 277Appendix I: Other Monastic Stays 289Appendix II: Monastery Websites and Further Readings 294References 300About the Author 305
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