Current State learns more about the Holy Transfiguration Skete monastery in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula from Detroit Free Press reporter John Carlisle, who recently paid it a visit.
As a Michigander, you’ve probably used your hands to show someone your hometown a time or two. If you were from the Keweenaw Peninsula, you’d have to point to the tip of the thumb on your left hand. The strip of land jutting into Lake Superior is the northernmost point of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. And it’s home to some of the state’s most beautiful hiking trails and nature preserves.
But among all the wildlife and scenic waterfalls is something you might not expect to see in such a remote location: a Catholic monastery. To learn more about theHoly TransfigurationSketemonasteryand the men who call it home, Current State talks to Detroit Free Press reporter John Carlisle.