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The Abbey Church At Saint Martin's University

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Some monks founded a new monastery and school in Lacey, Washington. Saint Martin’s University had gone through such a journey, it started out to be a College in 1895. At first, Saint Martin’s started as a grade school, then a high school, and a two year college. In 1940, is when it became a four year college. The monks had arranged different jobs, and teaching positions at Saint Martin’s. At the Abbey Church the monks meet at least three times a day for prayer. The Abbey church has been a big part for Saint Martin’s University. I think the Abbey Church makes Saint Martin’s University special because, we have a place of prayer and peacefulness.
Saint Martin’s University has an expanse amount of things to offer students and others. For …show more content…

Then God said, ‘Let the earth produce growing things;let there be on the earth plants that bear seed, and trees bearing fruit each with its own kind of seed.’ So it was; the earth produced growing things: plants bearing their own kind of seed and trees bearing fruit, each with its own kind of seed; and God saw that it was good. (Genesis 1:11-12)

Before, anything went wrong in the world with humans, God had created this breathtaking image as we read in the bible about the Garden of Eden. When seeing the garden at the Abbey Church it gives us hope seeing plants and trees growing, and how the world is growing and changing. We can still see the positive outcomes in life, even if we are going through some trouble in our own. God had created this “paradise” image, where Adam and Eve had everything they ever wanted in the Garden. When seeing the garden, it reminded me of my hometown and the kind of garen my church had.
As well as, The Virgin Mary is placed outside in the Abbey Church. When seeing the monument of the Virgin Mary, you see it surrounded by roses. The roses are a symbol of the Virgin Mary. There are miracles that people have told that share about the roses and The Virgin Mary. When walking around the church back at home the first thing that catches my eye is the Virgin Mary since it is filled with roses all over, and candles. It’s always nice seeing before church how people would bring flowers, and I never saw

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