vibrant monasticism is an essential ingredient to healthy Church life. The monastic vocation is contemplative and apostolic, challenging both the Church and the world at large to fuller life. They note that monasticism has always incarnated itself within a particular cultural context. Working to live as monks in the modern world, they have developed a daily schedule that integrates liturgical and personal prayer, work, study, and prudent openness to the world. Anchored in a daily cycle of matins and vespers (with Divine Liturgy on Sundays and feast days), they try to be available to all who come to the monastery, in a manner in keeping with their vocation. Many people visit the monastery each year, either to make retreats, attend services, visit the gift shop and grounds, or as dog customers. Nuns of New Skete The Nuns of New Skete, originally a group of Poor Clares, moved from Indiana in 1969 to establish their monastery near the monks' monastery. They support themselves by baking New York-style gourmet cheesecakes for sale in their gift shop and on their website. Publications on religion and spirituality In the Spirit of Happiness, The Monks of New Skete, Rider, 1999, Rise Up with a Listening Heart, The Monks of New Skete, Yorkville Press, 2004, Publications on raising and training dogs How to Be Your Dog's Best Friend: The Classic Training Manual for Dog Owners (Revised & Updated Edition), The Monks of New Skete, Little, Brown and Company, September, 2002, The Art of Raising a Puppy, The Monks of New Skete, Little, Brown and Company, March 20, 1991, Divine Canine: The Monks' Way to a Happy, Obedient Dog, The Monks of New Skete, Hyperion, September 18, 2007, I & Dog, The Monks of New Skete, John Sann, and Monique Stauder (Photographer), Yorkville Press, November 3, 2003, Bless the Dogs, The Monks of New Skete, Vincent Remini (photographer), Hachette, 2013 Let Dogs Be Dogs, The Monks of New Skete and Marc Goldberg, Little, Brown, and Company, 2017 References External links Common site for the communities Monks of New Skete Nuns of New Skete Companions of New Skete Eastern Orthodox monasteries in the United States Christian organizations established in 1966 20th-century Christian monasteries Dog training and behavior Dog breeders Sketes Christian monasteries in the United States