Procession at Monastery of Holy Spirit

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Uploaded by on May 2, 2011

Monks and clergy leave the abbey church after the ordination of Father Augustine Myslinski, OCSO.

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  • Looks Lutheran. The church could be low Anglican or Methodist. Why are TRappist churches so bare with as little religious iconography as possible? This is too Novus Ordo for me.

  • @MyBetty111 Thank you for your note. This article may help you understand the architecture and appreciate its long history.

    The order "was headed by Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux (d. 1154), who believed that churches should avoid superfluous ornamentation so as not to distract from the religious life. Cistercian architecture was simple and utilitarian, ..."

  • Look at wikipedia for 'Cistercian architecture' to learn more.

    Best, Andrew

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  • Thank you, GeorgiaBulletin. I suppose that Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux was a bit of an iconoclast. The Trappist church monastery in Kentucky where Merton lived was remodeld after Vatican II, and the results were less than pleasing. It is too simple and spartan. One has to hunt for a religious image. This is 360 degrees from the Eastern Orthodox take on liturgical worship. Some simplicity is okay but this modernist tendency towards empty and barren is just too cold.

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