There and Back Again (prehistory)
Dear Friend of Clear Creek,
In the context of our current Silver Jubilee celebrations, the thought came to me to retrace for those less familiar with our history the main events that led to our coming to Oklahoma in late 1999 in order to establish a new monastery on the banks of Clear Creek.
Many of you were part of those very early years and will need no reminder of it all, but our younger friends may find the story of some interest. Several people outside the monastery have suggested to me the title “there and back again” (a literary allusion many may recognize) as a way of evoking the “prehistory,” as it were, of our abbey. This corresponds roughly to the years 1975 to 2000.
In fact, the origins of […]