For more than 50 years the Community of Jesus has been a persistent, if little known, fixture on the shores of Cape Cod Bay.
The Christian enclave casts itself as a haven for roughly 200 members who choose to live a monastic life, following Benedictine traditions of worship. They interact rarely with the public, save for occasional open services at their church or performances held by their community arts groups.
From the outside, the Community of Jesus seems a peaceful place, unmistakably centered on faith: a cluster of white Cape-style houses, many sporting Biblical names — Gethsemane, Jerusalem, Nazareth — with a soaring bell tower behind. On the lawn spelled out in large white capital letters, like a sort of corporate logo, is the word “covenant.”
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