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the work aims to form young Catholics into refined gentlemen and gentlewomen whose external polish reflects the internal virtues of self-forgetfulness

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Monasticism and Civilization Book cover type:Paperback the work aims to formFr. O'Connor argues that Western civilization as we know it would not exist (or would have been radically different and far poorer) without the monastic movement. Far from being a withdrawal from the world, monasticism was one of the most powerful civilizing forces in European history. Written in the early 20th century by a Catholic priest, the book is unapologetically pro monastic and Catholic. It was partly a response to anti Catholic historians