In Kansas, An Inside Look At The Daily Life Of Benedictine Monks

Atchison, Kansas, a small town on the Missouri River about 50 miles north of Kansas City, is known for several things. It’s a gateway to the West, the birthplace of Amelia Earhart and, to a lesser extent, the home of Benedictine College. Today, the campus and classic brick buildings provide a broad liberal arts curriculum. But on a hill at the top of campus, overlooking the river, there is an abbey. And in that abbey, Benedictine monks live much the same way they did centuries ago.

Laura Ziegler (@laurazig) of Here & Now contributor KCUR spent a night with the monks to learn something about how they live.