"The Rev. Peter Rood, rector of Holy Nativity Episcopal Church in the Los Angeles suburb of Westchester, said he first started visiting Mount Calvary in the mid-1980s. "It was very spartan," he recalled, with thin partitions between the dozen or so sleeping quarters. Over the years, it was improved, including a dense gardens tended to by the monks."

"'The place was a treasure trove of antiques and rare books,'" Rood said."

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