This article speaks about contemplative communities

Pope Paul VI once invited/challenged such communities to help with a bit of ministry outside the monastery...especially given the shortage of priests/religious in so many parts of the world

Each Wednesday I get two ferries to Hei Ling Chau Island drug centre.
Hei Ling Chau is just across the water from the Trappist Monastery on Lantau Island

I often wish/hope that maybe some day one or two of the monks might be interested in visiting the 800 men at the island's two male centres. The need is great. Apart from a weekend prayer service, generously run by Catholic and Evangelical lay people two or three times a month, there is no other pastoral visitation (Catholic or other) of the centres, apart from my weekly visit. Have tried, but can't find anyone, Catholic or other, to help. A priest/pastor/monk with a chaplain's pass can freely visit all the inmates in their workshops/dining halls etc.
The harvest is great, but there is just one laborer...who has to do a lot of travelling to get there and back

Jesus, please encourage contemplative communities to take up Pope Paul's invitation