Abbey of Gethsemani, Trappist, Kentucky
United States
The Abbey of Gethsemani, a Trappist (Cistercian) monastery near Bardstown, Kentucky, United States. Thomas Merton entered there in 1941 and spent the rest of his life as a monk, writing The Seven Storey Mountain and his later works.
Teachers who lived here
Works composed here
- 1948
The Seven Storey Mountain
- 1961
New Seeds of Contemplation