I wonder if there could be lay Cistercian houses? A place to provide enclosure where people could live. Ownership of the houses would require serious discernment, with the input of the community at Gethsemani. This is a dream, but what a beautiful dream. It would not attempt to recreate the actual monastic practices, or try to be monks, but a place with a specific set of rules for living out our calling in the secular world.

Perhaps more important would be the opportunity to provide Lay Cistercians with places where they go for retreat without waiting months for a room in the guesthouse. Like I said, it's just a dream.