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[[Image:Wapnick-blue-frame.jpg|thumb|104px|right|Dr. Kenneth Wapnick, one of the three primary transcriber-editors of [[A Course In Miracles]], director of the [[Foundation for A Course In Miracles]].]]

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== Consideration of a Roman Catholic monastic vocation ==
Recognizing his personal fondness for the simplicity of the monastic lifestyle, he began to develop an interest in doing personal research into monasticism.  This interest eventually led him to visit the Roman Catholic Trappist monastery of [[Abbey of Gethsemani|Gethsemani]] in 
[[Kentucky]] (the same monastery in which the famous monk and author, [[Thomas Merton]] had once  lived).  

At the Gethsemani monastery he felt a sense of deep tranquility and belonging come over himself. His experience at the Gethsemani monastery was so profound, that it convinced him then and there that he had a religious calling, and that this calling was in fact to become a trappist monk, as well as a Roman Catholic, (though not necessarily in that order!).  Clearly at this point he sensed a profound inward call t(contracted; show full)

== Footnote references ==
{{fnb|1}} FACIM is the copyright holder for approximately 2% of the materials included in the popular 2nd edition of ACIM.  The remaining 98% of these materials are in the public domain.  For more information about the status of the copyrights to ACIM, see the second paragraph of: [[A_Course_In_Miracles#Some_concerns_expressed_regarding_Charles_Anderson.27s_study_group| ACIM copyright litigation, ca. 1995 - 2003]]

[[Category:Spirituality|Wapnick, Kenneth]]