Cooperative Communities
Have you ever considered living in a cooperative community? For most of us the question most likely has not even crossed our minds. Yet for a growing number of people this question has been considered and many are choosing cooperative communities as an alternative to other forms of housing like condominiums. Religious cooperative communities like the Mount Madonna Center, which is located in the Santa Cruz Mountains, offer many positive benefits for its members. Financial benefits and a structured daily schedule are desirable to many of its members as well as the spiritual well being experienced while participation in their Yoga, Service, and Community programs. Cooperative communities have been around since the 1800’s and will continue into the twenty first century as alternatives to the prevailing popular social order.Of all the different types of cooperative communities, religious based cooperatives have been the most successful and longest lasting. During the Middle Ages, “the Roman Catholic church had established monasteries all over Europe” (Encyclopedia Encarta). Some of these European monasteries are still in existence today. Certain sects were persecuted during the Protestant Reformatio
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