TLC Programme about life in a monastery

[Warren Bensinger]

My son sent me these two sites about a show that is coming on TLC about some people that are going to spend 40 days at a monastery.

Might be enteresting. Better than most of the programing on other channels.

Here are two small blurb about the show.

http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/tlc-premiere-new-the-monastery-reality-series-on-october-22-1010005.php



http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-04-04-monastery-tv_x.htm

[Trudy]

A similar show was recently shown earlier this year about 5 women who spent some time in a convent. It was on a British program. I can't remember how long they were there. I think perhaps 40 days. A woman I know wrote about it on her blog.

Same thing, different channel. Ho-hum.

~Athanasia~

[John Charmley]

Yes, the programme about the women was strangely flat, but it was based on a much better, earlier programme called 'The Monastery' which followed five men in a Benedictine Monastery, and that was actually very uplifting; I was quite surprised at a T.V. company taking Christianity seriously.

The men were followed for 40 days, and in that time several of them found their Faith, and the others were palpably touched by the sanctity of the monks. If you ever get the chance to see it, it is one of the few T.V. programmes I would recommend.

In Christ,

John