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Berryville, Arkansas, United States

Little Portion Hermitage and Monastery

What it is

A Catholic monastic community in the Ozarks near Berryville, Arkansas, founded by the musician John Michael Talbot, where celibate brothers and sisters, single people and families live a shared life of prayer.

What it needs

The community broke ground on 16 September 2026 on a single-level guest and wellness wing joined to the main building: four double rooms with private baths so that aging monastic members can stay in the monastery and guests with limited mobility can reach the chapel, meals and conferences. The goal is $1 million; $700,000 had been raised by October 2026, leaving about $250,000 to $300,000 to find.

Before you act. The newspaper gives the giving page as littleportion.org/donate-to-fund-little-portion-wellness-wing; the community's website refused automated loading, so that page could not be checked. This is a mixed community that includes married members, not an enclosed monastery of monks.

Sources

Last checked 9 November 2026. Responsible body: Brothers and Sisters of Charity at Little Portion Hermitage.

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