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The Monastery Diary: Day 1

The Monastery Diary: Day 1

Visiting the Dead

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Frank Ritchie
Oct 21, 2024
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The buried monks of Kopua Monastery

Dear Reader,

I just arrived at Kopua Monastery (Our Lady of the Southern Star Abbey) and have set my automatic email responses to let people know I’m away. I’ll be here till Friday. This is the only thing you’ll get from me this week. There are two other scheduled articles to come.

I’ll write a reflection each day that I’m here but they’ll be scheduled to publish once I leave.

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