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Black Like Me
- I telephoned the Trappist monastery at Conyers, Georgia, about thirty miles away and asked if they would receive me for a short visit.†
- I arrived at the Trappist monastery with its two thousand acres of wood and farmlands and entered the courtyard as the monks were chanting Vespers.†
- The same thing has happened in Trappist monasteries throughout the centuries.†
*monasteries = the residences of religious communities
- He invited me to go with him to visit Flannery O'Connor the next day, but I told him that since I had only a few hours, I felt I must spend them in the monastery.†
Definition:
the residence of a religious community