Is that just a fact or may we take it as a compliment?
Whichever way, St. Anselm’s is somewhere to be discovered…
and re-discovered.
Amazingly, up here, inside the north-east boundary of the District of Columbia, is a real traditional monastery where monks live the life of prayer established by St. Benedict in the 6th century and where, within an urban oasis of 40 acres of secluded woodland, the sounds of the city are virtually unheard. Within this oasis stands also our prestigious academic High School where monks still teach alongside their lay colleagues, and the values of our founders, St. Benedict and St. Anselm, are proclaimed among our youth to the glory of God and the wonder of the modern world.
So, why is it so secret? Perhaps it is because monks are not naturally given to the more ostentatious ways of projecting themselves upon the surrounding world. Monasteries are power-houses of prayer and virtue and our evangelization is by prayer, spiritual direction and education. So we invite you to share our secret.
Washington’s best kept secret
they say… (apart from the Pentagon)
ST. ANSELM’S ABBEY
Fr. Simon McGurk OSB
Is that just a fact or may we take it as a compliment?
Whichever way, St. Anselm’s is somewhere to be discovered…
and re-discovered.
Amazingly, up here, inside the north-east boundary of the District of Columbia, is a real traditional monastery where monks live the life of prayer established by St. Benedict in the 6th century and where, within an urban oasis of 40 acres of secluded woodland, the sounds of the city are virtually unheard. Within this oasis stands also our prestigious academic High School where monks still teach alongside their lay colleagues, and the values of our founders, St. Benedict and St. Anselm, are proclaimed among our youth to the glory of God and the wonder of the modern world.
So, why is it so secret? Perhaps it is because monks are not naturally given to the more ostentatious ways of projecting themselves upon the surrounding world. Monasteries are power-houses of prayer and virtue and our evangelization is by prayer, spiritual direction and education. So we invite you to share our secret.
We invite you to come and see.