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The Abbey Up the Hill: A Year in the Life of a Monastic Day Tripper
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The Abbey Up the Hill: A Year in the Life of a Monastic Day Tripper

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Artist, crafter, diarist, recovering alcoholic, Episcopal, Catholic, spiritual gypsy. These are some of the ways that Carol Bonomo has described herself. Like many of her generation, she had trouble finding a spiritual home. I’m one of those ‘seekers’ who doesn’t known what she’s looking for, and wouldn’t recognize an answer to the meaning of life if she tripped on it in the dark.

Her spiritual adventures included the Catholic Church, the Episcopal Church, Alcoholics Anonymous, and her attempt to become a lay associate of the Franciscans. But the Franciscans sent her away. Run, don’t walk, to the abbey up the hill,
they advised her. And so she did, heading to the Benedictine abbey she was pointed to. Much to her surprise, there she found the home she’d been seeking for so long.

The Abbey Up the Hill is Bonomo’s reflection on her first year as a Benedictine oblate – a lay person vowing to live according to the 6th century Rule of St. Benedict, a monastic guide to living a balanced life with God at the center. Month-by-month, she records her spiritual growth with honesty, humor, and insight. This is the unforgettable story of a pilgrim’s struggles to leave off wandering and finally come home.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Country
United Kingdom
Date
18 July 2002
Pages
256
ISBN
9780819219121

Artist, crafter, diarist, recovering alcoholic, Episcopal, Catholic, spiritual gypsy. These are some of the ways that Carol Bonomo has described herself. Like many of her generation, she had trouble finding a spiritual home. I’m one of those ‘seekers’ who doesn’t known what she’s looking for, and wouldn’t recognize an answer to the meaning of life if she tripped on it in the dark.

Her spiritual adventures included the Catholic Church, the Episcopal Church, Alcoholics Anonymous, and her attempt to become a lay associate of the Franciscans. But the Franciscans sent her away. Run, don’t walk, to the abbey up the hill,
they advised her. And so she did, heading to the Benedictine abbey she was pointed to. Much to her surprise, there she found the home she’d been seeking for so long.

The Abbey Up the Hill is Bonomo’s reflection on her first year as a Benedictine oblate – a lay person vowing to live according to the 6th century Rule of St. Benedict, a monastic guide to living a balanced life with God at the center. Month-by-month, she records her spiritual growth with honesty, humor, and insight. This is the unforgettable story of a pilgrim’s struggles to leave off wandering and finally come home.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Country
United Kingdom
Date
18 July 2002
Pages
256
ISBN
9780819219121