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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - 175 year Anniversary
DESCRIPTION:GETHSEMANI ABBEY: \nITS FOUNDATION \nFrom the account of Dom Eutropius Proust \n◊◊◊ \nWe arrived at Gethsemani on the twenty-first of December\, at two P.M. \n… The cold was excessive\, and all we could do the first days was to gather \nfirewood in the forest with which to warm ourselves. We also collected or \nshucked a field of corn that had remained. In the mornings and evenings we \nshelled the corn in the workshop\, while one of the brothers\, in a loud voice\, read \na spiritual book. Such were our occupations during these first days. \nWe improvised a dormitory\, refectory\, chapter-room… choosing for this \npurpose the most suitable places. The old cabins were torn down to make room \nfor a kitchen\, adjoining the refectory. But the kitchen was so exposed to the \nweather that\, when it rained\, all our dishes were not sufficient to collect the \nwater… The little chapel used by the Sisters of Loretto served us for a church\, \nbut\, as a great number of people flocked to our offices\, attracted by the novelty \nof the religious ceremonies\, which\, notwithstanding our poverty\, we conducted \nwith great solemnity\, our chapel was much too small. We were obliged to \nenlarge it one-half\, which we did\, with the debris of the old cabins… \nIt is impossible to describe the impression produced on these sylvan \ninhabitants on seeing our religious ceremonies and hearing for the first time the \nsolemn and majestic chant of La Trappe. At the approach of grand feasts\, the \nrumor spread far that on that day the Trappists of Gethsemani would have \nbeautiful ceremonies\, a thing which generally brought vast assemblies… The \npeople came from Bardstown and neighboring villages to see us and satisfy \nthemselves of that which had been said in the journals concerning those \nextraordinary solitaries of Gethsemani… \nOne of the salutary effects that our presence created was the elevation of \nthe negro-slave in his own estimation… These unfortunate slaves were \nastonished to see priests in the morning at the altar\, and sometimes later at the \nplough…devoted to all kinds of agricultural work. In thus seeing men who were \nvenerated in their country\, work like themselves\, they are honored before their \nown eyes\, and the humble occupation of labor is elevated. They realized at last \nthat manual labor does not degrade\, nor work enslave the tiller of the soil. \nThus\, from the commencement\, we gained the good will of all our \nneighbors… There was not\, even amongst the Protestant ministers themselves\, \na single one who did not show us some marks of good will… “These are the good \ncitizens\, ” they would say\, “who have just come from Europe. They are French\, \nwho bring us excellent methods of farming. They are going to effect much good \nin our country. It is not necessary to disturb them; but on the contrary to hold \nthem in high esteem.”… So you see that in a short time Gethsemani put on a \nnew aspect \n  \nDom Eutropius Proust. Gethsemani Abbey: Its Foundation. Messenger Magazine\, 1898. (Complete manuscript \navailable in CSQ 2021).11 \n  \n  \n 
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CATEGORIES:Vigils Readings
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