These two Carmelite Monks from Annunciation Hermitage in Austin, MN had a booth at the St. Anthony Park Art Festival where they sold their handwoven rugs. I bought a 72 inch black, white, and muted-gray/blue rug for our front entrance hall. It looks quite a bit like the rug on the rack. At the monastery the monks also sell soap, Carmelite coffees, and home made preserves.
You must give yourselves to work of some kind… Rule, chapter 20
Annunciation Hermitage is a community of Carmelite Brothers who strive to live the contemplative aspect of the Carmelite charism. This entails a life of liturgical and contemplative prayer, study of Sacred Scripture, manual labor and communal fraternity. To learn more about the Annunciation Hermitage, the monks, and their work, go here.
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Beautiful looking material and well photographed.
ReplyDeleteYou made a good choice here Kate, I have a couple of these rugs around the house, I don't think they were made by the monks though :)
ReplyDeleteI had never heard of monks making rugs. I think they could probably meditate and weave at the same time. Productive multi-tasking.
ReplyDeleteCool! I have heard of monks making beer, but not rugs!
ReplyDeleteYa, I was thinking music. You got me.
ReplyDeleteA fine portrait of these two gentlemen! I do like The Weavers, also! :) But I would probably have bought one of those rugs. Couldn't help but wonder if they made "rugs" for their heads?
ReplyDeleteThese are great! Once when I visited my sister in Missouri, we visited a Monastery where the monks made all kinds of fruit jams. I think I still have one of those jars of jam around somewhere.
ReplyDeleteThey look quite nice. I like the way they have them displayed too.
ReplyDeletevery cool. a great craft and even better from monks. :)
ReplyDeleteGee he has a friendly smile. Enjoy your rug.
ReplyDeletekindness radiates from their eyes! beautiful rugs. My husband's urn for his ashes was purchased from St. Meinrad Seminary here in Indiana. Monks seem to be talented as well as religious. maybe the two go together!
ReplyDeleteWell, weaving is a very meditative activity so I can see it would fit in well with monastery life. Great choice for W.
ReplyDeleteGreat subject for the letter W. I like handwoven rugs! They are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteHave a nice week.
Wil, ABCW Team.
Your rug must be lovely! Someday I want to learn how to weave, too.
ReplyDeleteI'd say they are crafty fellows!
ReplyDeleteROG, ABCW
Love that first photo! Beautiful smile on the monk's face! And those rugs are delightful! A wonderful activity!
ReplyDeleteThose rugs are gorgeous! They look like an act of prayer. You can see the blessings bestowed in the eyes of the monks.
ReplyDeleteSince it's handmade it will mean more to you each time you look at it.
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Beautiful hand woven rugs.
ReplyDeleteLove the portrait of the monk.
What a wealth of wonderful tradition they bring to bear - I love these beautiful textiles and photos!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful rugs.
ReplyDeleteMy sister has a hand loom and makes beautiful weavings.
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Beautiful rugs. My attention went right to the monk's clothes - just like how I read them in books. Awesome picture to me.
ReplyDeleteHazel
Those rugs are wonderful and the monk really looks like he's enjoying himself.
ReplyDeleteI love woven items! How lovely these rugs are! The monks do a great job and I love that they are selling their wares in a booth like that for others to enjoy. When our daughter was a dancer, and still too young to be on her own in the big city, she and other dancers stayed at a Carmelite Mission with nuns (and had a curfew) and I didn't worry about her one iota! I always appreciated them opening up their Mission to the dancers to stay while they were for their summer program at Joffrey.
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