The New City of God – Clear Creek Abbey: Abbot Philip Anderson, who oversees Clear Creek Abbey in Oklahoma, a traditional Benedictine Monastery on the edge of the Ozarks, penned a beautiful letter this month (click here to view), outlining a simple road map to rebuild Christendom. Simply put, its small localism, surrounded by a beautiful and growing Abbey. As John Senior (the college professor who converted Abt. Anderson and many other monks), wrote in his book, The Restoration of Christian Culture, that the restoration of Christian Culture needs to be done around a monastery. We would add, especially one that offers the Mass of Ages exclusively. For all the good news coming out of the Charlotte Diocese, one thing that is lacking are monasteries and cloistered religious orders, those praying and fasting daily in reparation for sins – perhaps one can offer their Lenten sacrifices and prayers for this to change. They are the key to restoring Catholic culture.