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© Donna L. Watkins - Mepkin Abbey Chapel |
Not having any Catholic background or experience, I didn't take the option that guests have to participate in the choir section for the services. I felt I could enjoy the experience more from the pews. I didn't want to be trying to "figure it all out" by participating. I just enjoyed the rhythm of it all and the smell of the incense which made chapel time a distinctive part of the day.
© Donna L. Watkins - Mepkin Garden Path

I am excited about all the walking I'll be doing since I still wear my step counter to remind me to make my weekly walking goal.
There were beautiful trees, plants, flowers, birds and critters to photograph for my Mepkin photo album in the warmer afternoon. I discovered some ponds that were colored deep turquoise blue. It seemed to be colored with dye. There was much to discover on this beautiful estate.
The 3000 acre Mepkin tract was first recorded in 1681, in the name of Sir John Colleton, one of the original Lords Proprietors of the Carolinas.
© Donna L. Watkins - Wren At Mepkin

The plantation passed through several hands until 1936 when publisher and philanthropist, Henry R. Luce, and his wife, Clare Boothe Luce acquired it. In 1949 a major portion of the property was donated to the Trappist monks of the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky in order to establish this Abbey of Our Lady of Mepkin.
I am in awe of people being able to commit themselves to this kind of discipline and what the world might call monotony. Besides brief uneventful meal times and some work hours, the days of the monks are punctuated by chapel time with the bells tolling and tinkling calling them back together to commune with our God. It puts a whole new definition to the word 'simplicity'.
View entire Mepkin Abbey photo album.
Mepkin Abbey - Day Three.
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