Tired of Journeying Alone?
Consider Us. We Journey to God Together.
Are You Interested in City or Rural Living?
Located in Southeastern Kentucky, our monastery is situated on the side of a mountain facing out over the area. We are gifted daily by the wonders of God's creation. We hold these gifts gently in our hands and care for the environment with reverence, always trying to envision a better use of our land.
Do You Think You Have a Calling? Our Mountains Could Be Calling You.
Are You Interested in a Small or Large Community?
We are a small core community of women who share Benedictine life daily with Oblates and volunteers. Together we build a life centered on communal and private prayer, work, leisure and hospitality to retreatants and visitors. Though we are small yet an average of about 200 people sit at our talbe eache year. We share ideas, dreams, tell stories, challenge and encourage one another.
Want to Find a Place That's Small? You've Found It! Here We Are.
Are You Interested in an Apostolic or a Monastic Community?
We are a monastic community of women. Though not cloistered we are contemplative, creating a peaceful and prayerful environment so that the word of God can take root in our hearts.
We go out daily to our ministries in the larger community of Eastern Kentucky. As Benedictines we take monastic promises of Obedience, Stability and Fidelity to the Monastic Life. By Obedience we promise to listen to God, to our Prioress and to each other. By Stability we promise to stand still, remaining firm, recognizing that we are in this together for the long haul. And in the promise of Fidelity to Monastic Life we include holding all things in common, being open to change, living a life of prayer and service to others.
Wa
nt to be a Missionary in the US? Come to Southeastern Kentucky.
We Have Found That These Characteristics Are Needed For Ministering to People Here, in Appalachia. A Person Who Desires to:
- Be rooted in God and prayerful
- Say "yes" to a type of dying (letting go in order to receive new life)
- Live on the edge and be willing to take risks
- Be relational and flexible (willing to live with some degree of uncertainty)
- Accept the fact that things aren't perfect
- Be a good listener
- Remember that you are a stranger and a guest
- Be a risk taker
- Move beyond one's comfort zone
- Be willing to drive a lot
- Lift up and raise up others
Come Dream Our Dream With Us.
If you can say yes or your heart wants to hear more about us, we invite you to come and see.
Sister Carolyn Lambert, OSB
Vocation Director
The Dwelling Place Monastery...Dare to Explore the Possibilities!