"Cloistered monastic life is something like living in a sonnet."
The winner of the 2007 Foley poetry contest is "Lost and Found" by John Slater. Slater is the pen name of Brother Isaac, a Trappist monk from The Abbey of the Genesee in upstate New York. Born in Toronto, Ontario in 1974, Brother Isaac studied classics at Trent University before entering the monastery in December 1999. In addition to writing poetry, Brother Isaac helps to bake "Monks’ Bread," the monastery’s main source of income. He also told us that he "helps in the plumbing dept. and infirmary as well as tending our quasi-Japanese garden." Brother Isaac agreed to an interview with America by e-mail.
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The winner of the 2007 Foley poetry contest is "Lost and Found" by John Slater. Slater is the pen name of Brother Isaac, a Trappist monk from The Abbey of the Genesee in upstate New York. Born in Toronto, Ontario in 1974, Brother Isaac studied classics at Trent University before entering the monastery in December 1999. In addition to writing poetry, Brother Isaac helps to bake "Monks’ Bread," the monastery’s main source of income. He also told us that he "helps in the plumbing dept. and infirmary as well as tending our quasi-Japanese garden." Brother Isaac agreed to an interview with America by e-mail.
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