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was mounted. Many local members of the community helped the monks in with construction, some of them were slaves. In exchange for the hard work, Proust promised the locals free schooling for their children. In 1859 Proust resigned as abbot and returned to the Abbey of
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had commenced on April 19, 1861, though he had been leading the community since
January of that year. Berger was known to have an astute business-sense about him and was diligent in ensuring his monks lived an austere existence—in fact, many locals viewed the monks as a strange and unhappy lot. He
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Beaufort's offenses but did not intervene for years. After the scandal was made public, he submitted his resignation at the General Chapter, but it was rejected twice. Nonetheless, he remained in France. The abbey remained without an abbot for years. After a visitation in
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before becoming a monk. In 1875 he entered La Trappe, and later served as secretary to
Procurators General François-Régis Martrin-Donos (1808–1880) and Stanislaus White (1838–1911), working in Rome until 1892. From 1893 to 1897 he collected donations in Europe and in the United States for the
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as well as cherries, pineapples, raisins, dates and nuts. The months of
November and December are particularly busy for Gethsemani Farms, with the monks receiving and filling large orders for the holiday season.
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was made of brick walls with timber roof supports with a rectangular abbatial church (meaning a church belonging to an abbey) constructed as well, the interior of which was made of
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708:. Speaking is allowed only in designated areas.
2507:Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
1231:. New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2000.
2400:Daughters of Mary of the Immaculate Conception
1216:. Winnipeg, Manitoba: Trout Lily Press, 1998.
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1694:Skudlarek, William (July–December 2014).
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2684:Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart
2103:Congregation of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux
1725:Michaud, Margaret (July–December 2015).
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2585:Sisters of Christian Doctrine of Nancy
2552:Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
2502:Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart
2432:Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
1491:. Bardstown, Kentucky. 10 April 1896.
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770:in 1993, when Julian von Duerbeck and
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1615:. Abbey of Gethsameni. Archived from
1165:Abbey of Our Lady of the Holy Trinity
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2617:Sisters of the Holy Family-Louisiana
2452:Little Sisters Disciples of the Lamb
2447:Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary
2239:Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales
2179:Marians of the Immaculate Conception
2062:Canons Regular of Saint John Cantius
1946:Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo
1671:. Monasticdialog.com. Archived from
1242:Herbermann, Charles George, et al..
2790:Churches in Nelson County, Kentucky
2405:Daughters of the Holy Heart of Mary
1433:, Elizabethtown, KY:Turret, p. A16.
1356:Lay Cistercians of Gethsemani Abbey
1258:(1). Fons Vitae Publishing: 50–57.
768:Parliament of the World's Religions
242:from 1941 until his death in 1968.
163:3642 Monks Road, Trappist, Kentucky
18:The Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani
2770:19th-century Christian monasteries
2679:The Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace
2304:Rogationists of the Heart of Jesus
558:The current abbot is Elias Dietz.
456:Third Order Regular of St. Francis
442:. Present at the consecration was
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2383:Carmelite Sisters of Saint Teresa
1529:from the original on June 2, 2021
1431:Find peace at Abbey of Gethsemani
1141:Our Lady of the Mississippi Abbey
415:. Berger did sympathize with the
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2570:Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament
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1898:Congregation of Our Lady of Sion
1517:Gessinger, Gerd (May 13, 2014).
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733:Monastic interreligious dialogue
589:Edward Chaix-Bourbon (1890–1896)
394:Civil War and later 19th century
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2690:Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres
2427:Handmaids of the Heart of Jesus
2274:Oblates of St. Francis de Sales
2079:Congregatio Discipulorum Domini
1928:Institute of the Incarnate Word
1086:Gethsemani Encounter III and IV
191:Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani
53:Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani
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2327:Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer
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806:Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
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2050:Brothers of Our Lady of Mercy
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2558:Religious of the Virgin Mary
2529:Order of Our Lady of Charity
2513:Oblate Sisters of Providence
2410:Faithful Companions of Jesus
2191:Society of Mary (Marianists)
2006:Coat of arms of Vatican City
1525:. Biographia Cisterciensis.
1503:– via newspapers.com.
1246:. Robert Appleton Co., 1913.
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583:Eutropius Proust (1848–1859)
2664:Sisters of the Sacred Heart
2518:Oblates of Jesus the Priest
2467:Living the Gospel Community
1519:"Edward Chaix-Bourbon OCSO"
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586:Benedict Berger (1861–1889)
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595:Edmond Obrecht (1898–1935)
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604:Flavian Burns (1968–1973)
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2085:Immaculate Heart of Mary
1975:Society of the Atonement
1488:Decatur Daily Republican
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1272:The Gethsemani Encounter
1146:St. Benedict's Monastery
1027:Fr. Julian von Duerbeck
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2674:Sisters of Saint Joseph
2457:Little Sisters of Jesus
2209:Society of Saint Edmund
1940:Missionaries of Charity
1523:zisterzienserlexikon.de
1320:. Harvest Books, 1949.
1070:Very Rev. Thomas Baima
854:Gethsemani Encounter II
833:Fr. Donald W. Mitchell
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2749:Catholicism portal
2564:Servants of St. Joseph
2127:Discalced Augustinians
2109:Conventual Franciscans
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1331:Flanagan, M. Raymond.
1313:. Harvest Books, 1948.
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1079:Sr. Barbara McCracken
1021:Sr. Joan Kirby (RSCJ)
981:Fr. William Skudlarek
937:Zenkdi Blanche Hartman
932:Sr. Mary Margaret Funk
900:Zoketsu Norman Fischer
811:Sr. Mary Margaret Funk
738:Gethsemani Encounter I
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1073:Sangeetha Ekambaram
816:Ven. Maha Ghosananda
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528:Trappists as writers
388:Abbey of Tre Fontane
277:Louisville, Kentucky
231:(both onsite and by
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1318:The Waters of Siloe
1047:Msgr. Felix Machado
978:Fr. Donald Grabner
927:Fr. Columba Stewart
922:Henepola Gunaratana
199:Bardstown, Kentucky
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2156:Holy Ghost Fathers
2027:Albertine Brothers
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1850:Basilian Aleppians
1609:"Making a Retreat"
1580:Winternitz 123–124
1151:St. Joseph's Abbey
1136:New Melleray Abbey
1035:Sr. Danielle Witt
956:Fr. James Wiseman
941:Sr. Kathy Lyzotte
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