The New Monastics
June 29th, 2011 § Leave a Comment
Interesting piece over at USA Today.
But when they found an apartment complex condemned by the city, they decided to buy it. Castanea has since completed the initial cleanup, and the group hopes to begin construction in the next few months, installing new windows, doors and a roof. It still needs $600,000 to complete renovations on the building.
The apartments will enable all of the members to live under one roof — a family of seven, another married couple and the six single adults in the group can fit in four apartments. There, they can easily share meals, prayer, work, study, play and possessions. The remaining 10 units they plan to lease out to the homeless and refugees by coordinating with other organizations fighting homelessness in the city.
Some people talk about their faith, others live out their faith.
