Using modern media in a call to monastic life
By Tanzina Vega | New York Times | Updated: 2011-05-15 08:02
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Monks in Rhode Island use social networking to bolster their numbers. Stew Milne for The New York Times |
The Benedictine monks at the Portsmouth Abbey in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, are aging - five are octogenarians and the youngest is approaching 50 - and their numbers have fallen to 12, from a peak of about 24 in 1969.
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