- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Monastery of the Holy Spirit
- Creator:
- Jones, William Brent
- Date of Original:
- 2006-02-17
- Subject:
- Monasteries--Georgia--Conyers
Cistercian monasteries--Georgia--Conyers
Catholic church buildings--Georgia--Conyers
Monastery of the Holy Spirit (Conyers, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Rockdale County, Conyers, 33.66761, -84.01769
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the Monastery of the Holy Spirit. The Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers is a Roman Catholic community of Trappist monks who seek to follow strictly the pattern of living constructed by St. Benedict of Nursia in early-sixth-century Europe. Begun in 1944, the Monastery of the Holy Spirit was the first American Trappist community started by another Trappist monastery in the United States.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/monastery-of-the-holy-spirit/
- Language:
- eng
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- Cite as: "ARTICLE TITLE," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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