A Way To Be
New Monastic Community 

[Invitation of the Divine]
Compassion
Humility
Spiritual Practice
Self-Knowledge
Companion
Simplicity
Prophetic Voice
Obedience
Selfless Service
Nonviolence
Solidarity

A new monastic way of life aspires to live each day honoring the sacred...

           " ...recognizing the holiness of existence, striving to be love on earth, and opening one's heart to the sorrow and the glory that is our world.  It is a life vowed to uphold in thought, word, and deed the precious gift of life created in the divine image, and to honor and to take responsibility for the dignity of the earth, cosmos, and all sentient beings.                                                                                                                                                                                                                               ~Beverly Lanzetta