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Monday is laundry day at Val Mustair as nuns fold a flowered sheet in the convent courtyard. The world-famous Benedictine Convent and a UNESCO World Heritage Site is in the Swiss Alps. Founded in the 8th century, the Christian convent is home to Benedictine nuns since the 12th Century. Eleven make their home behind closed walls, living a life of commitment to poverty and celibacy. Each nun has her work and they come together for meals and prayer.
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- MELISSA FARLOW
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alps (switzerland), catholic clergy, catholic religion, christian clergy, christian religion, clergy, concepts (subject), convents and monasteries, europe, human actions and reactions, laundry, mustair, natural forces and phenomena, precipitation, religion, religions of the world, religious structures, saint john's convent (mustair), snow, subject, switzerland, teamwork, teamwork (concept), weather, world heritage sites
- Contained in galleries
- Alps_National Geographic magazine 2/2006
