“A beautifully unique feature of Catholic life in the Diocese of Tulsa and Eastern Oklahoma is the presence of the sons of Saint Benedict at Clear Creek Monastery. How they came to be in our midst and what they do for us and with us is a very interesting story. Ted and T. Gavin King have done us a good service in collecting much of that story so we can read it and thank God for Clear Creek and the life of prayer they give us.”
—Bishop David Konderla,
Bishop of the Diocese of Tulsa and Eastern Oklahoma
“Clear Creek Monastery cannot be explained; it must be experienced to be understood. The Kings allow us to see the monastery and its history through their attentive eyes and Clear Creek's importance to our world. This book captures the beauty of an ancient community and its contemporary impact.”
—Deron Spoo, Pastor, First Baptist Church Tulsa,
Regular Retreatant to Clear Creek Monastery
“In Cowboy Bethlehem, Ted and T. Gavin King capture the history and character of Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey a Roman Catholic redoubt in the midst of little country Baptist churches. The reader learns about the daily routine of the monks, the lay community growing on the farms and ranches around the abbey, and the lives and backgrounds of the monastery's leadership. The Kings trace the spiritual and intellectual lineage of Clear Creek Abbey back to John Senior and the Pearson Integrated Humanities Program at the University of Kansas, a 1970s experiment in Great Books education that led some of its students to Fontgombault Abbey in France and ultimately to its daughter foundation in Oklahoma. Cowboy Bethlehem is food for thought for anyone pondering Christian formation and community in a world increasingly hostile to the faith.”
—Michael Bates blogger of Batesline.com
This is the remarkable story of Benedictine monks that arrived in Oklahoma from France in 1999. For a number of them this story began in Lawrence, Kansas in the 1970s through a humanities program at the University of Kansas. This program known as the Intergrated Humanities Program or Pearson Program, because they met in Pearson Hall, changed the lives of hundreds of students with some entering an ancient abbey in France. This is their story. Learn how Clear Creek is impacting a growing counterculture with an emphasis on Christ, family and community.
hardcover case laminate
6” x 8.5”
187 pages
white paper
glossy finish
“A beautifully unique feature of Catholic life in the Diocese of Tulsa and Eastern Oklahoma is the presence of the sons of Saint Benedict at Clear Creek Monastery. How they came to be in our midst and what they do for us and with us is a very interesting story. Ted and T. Gavin King have done us a good service in collecting much of that story so we can read it and thank God for Clear Creek and the life of prayer they give us.”
—Bishop David Konderla,
Bishop of the Diocese of Tulsa and Eastern Oklahoma
“Clear Creek Monastery cannot be explained; it must be experienced to be understood. The Kings allow us to see the monastery and its history through their attentive eyes and Clear Creek's importance to our world. This book captures the beauty of an ancient community and its contemporary impact.”
—Deron Spoo, Pastor, First Baptist Church Tulsa,
Regular Retreatant to Clear Creek Monastery
“In Cowboy Bethlehem, Ted and T. Gavin King capture the history and character of Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey a Roman Catholic redoubt in the midst of little country Baptist churches. The reader learns about the daily routine of the monks, the lay community growing on the farms and ranches around the abbey, and the lives and backgrounds of the monastery's leadership. The Kings trace the spiritual and intellectual lineage of Clear Creek Abbey back to John Senior and the Pearson Integrated Humanities Program at the University of Kansas, a 1970s experiment in Great Books education that led some of its students to Fontgombault Abbey in France and ultimately to its daughter foundation in Oklahoma. Cowboy Bethlehem is food for thought for anyone pondering Christian formation and community in a world increasingly hostile to the faith.”
—Michael Bates blogger of Batesline.com
This is the remarkable story of Benedictine monks that arrived in Oklahoma from France in 1999. For a number of them this story began in Lawrence, Kansas in the 1970s through a humanities program at the University of Kansas. This program known as the Intergrated Humanities Program or Pearson Program, because they met in Pearson Hall, changed the lives of hundreds of students with some entering an ancient abbey in France. This is their story. Learn how Clear Creek is impacting a growing counterculture with an emphasis on Christ, family and community.
hardcover case laminate
6” x 8.5”
187 pages
white paper
glossy finish
