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Let it not be thought that we would deny all place to monastic retreats in modern existence. On the contrary, we regard them--if well managed and competently instructed, which is seldom--as excellent institutions which are needed in the rush and tumult of such existence. Our objection is only when they claim to afford the sole path to salvation and when they degenerate into permanent escape-mechanisms to avoid facing the realities of human life today.

-- Notebooks Category 3: Relax and Retreat > Chapter 4 : Retreat Centres > # 23