Monastery Barn

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Trappist monks settled in this barn in Conyers and began work on a monastery in 1944. By the end of that year, they had completed a temporary housing structure, and in 1959 the community members moved into the Monastery of the Holy Spirit, where they reside today.

Courtesy of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Monastery

Monastery Barn

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