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Aged in Kentucky: Monk praises the 'useless life' with the goal of 'amounting to nothing'
“Aged in Kentucky” is a series of stories about people and places that have been in the Bluegrass State a few years or many decades. Each one has a unique spirit.Brother Paul Quenon is a Trappist monk who entered the Abbey of Gethsemani in Nelson County in 1958 at the age of 17. Quenon has written a memoir, “In Praise of the Useless Life,” as well as several books of poetry, one of those with the title “Amounting to Nothing.”
Aged in Kentucky: Monk praises 'the useless life' with goal of 'amounting to nothing'
This is “Aged in Kentucky,” a series of stories about people and places that have been in the Bluegrass State a few years or many decades. Each one has a unique spirit. Brother Paul Quenon is a Trappist monk who entered the Abbey of Gethsemani in Nelson County in 1958 at the age of 17. His spiritual mentor was Thomas Merton, who is regarded as one of the most influential writers of the 20th Century with more than 40 books on contemplation, mysticism, social issues and world religions.WKU Public Radio reporter Rhonda Miller talked with Brother Paul at the Abbey, where he loves to walk amid the peaceful hills called the ‘knobs’ near Bardstown. He immerses himself in the elements of nature that emerge throughout his writings.Quenon has written a memoir, “In Praise of the Useless Life,” as well as several books of poetry, one of those with the title “Amounting to Nothing.”
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