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New Melleray Abbey Faces Questions of Future and Identity
The Iowa monastery, founded in 1848, grapples with aging vows and a shifting role. Abbot Father David Bock and fellow monks describe transition from austere farm life to a modern, less regimented routine while preserving prayer, silence, and communal work.
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