The Wisdom of the Benedictine Elders Thirty of America's Oldest Monks and Nuns Share Their Lives' Greatest Lessons,9780974240534

The Wisdom of the Benedictine Elders Thirty of America's Oldest Monks and Nuns Share Their Lives' Greatest Lessons

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ISBN13: 9780974240534
ISBN10: 0974240532
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-05-01
Publisher(s): Bluebridge
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Summary

This intimate, vibrant, and deeply moving portrait of monastic life in America today examines the long-debated question of whether the spiritual life can be led in the everyday world or whether it must, in its highest and truest forms, involve an ascetic life of renunciation, stern discipline, and celibacy. Thirty elders of the Benedictine Order share their touching and thought-provoking life stories, from the everyday rhythm and ritual of prayer and work, solitude and community, sanctity and humor, to the most challenging moments of questioning, uncertainty, and tribulation, but also to moments of infinite inner peace and mystical joy. Part graceful memoir, part sacred legacy, this book offers an inspirational journey into the hearts, minds, and souls of 30 exceptional men and women.

Author Biography

Mark W. McGinnis is an artist and professor of art at Northern State University, South Dakota, and the author of Buddhist Animal Wisdom Stories. He has had numerous solo and group art exhibitions across the United States. He lives in Hot Springs, South Dakota. Joan Chittister is the author of In the Heart of the Temple, Scarred by Struggle, Transformed by Hope, and Wisdom Distilled from the Daily. She is the executive director of Benetvision, a resource and research center for contemporary spirituality. She lives in Erie, Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Joan Chittister xi
Introduction 1(4)
FATHER STANISLAUS MAUDLIN
Blue Cloud Abbey, Marvin, South Dakota
5(10)
SISTER VICTORINE FENTON
Mount St. Benedict Monastery, Crookston, Minnesota
15(10)
SISTER JANE FRANCES BROCKMAN
St. Scholastica Monastery, Fort Smith, Arkansas
25(12)
FATHER CLEMENT PANGRATZ
St. Martin's Abbey, Lacey, Washington
37(8)
SISTER M. MATTHIAS IGOE
San Benito Monastery, Dayton, Wyoming
45(10)
FATHER VINCENT MARTIN
St. Andrew's Abbey, Valyermo, California
55(10)
SISTER JOEINE DARRINGTON
Queen of Angels Monastery, Mount Angel, Oregon
65(10)
SISTER FIRMIN ESCHER
St. Benedict's Monastery, St. Joseph, Minnesota
75(10)
BROTHER VICTOR J. FRANKENHAUSER
Assumption Abbey, Richardton, North Dakota
85(10)
SISTER LILLIAN HARRINGTON
Mount St. Scholastica Monastery, Atchison, Kansas
95(12)
SISTER M. LOUISE FRANKENBERGER
Holy Angels Convent, Jonesboro, Arkansas
107(8)
FATHER BERNARD SANDER
Mount Angel Abbey, St. Benedict, Oregon
115(8)
SISTER MARMION MAIERS
Mother of God Monastery, Watertown, South Dakota
123(10)
FATHER THEODORE HECK
St. Meinrad Archabbey, St. Meinrad, Indiana
133(8)
SISTER LEONETTE HOESING
Sacred Heart Monastery, Yankton, South Dakota
141(10)
FATHER BEDE STOCKER
Marmion Abbey, Aurora, Illinois
151(8)
SISTER M. JULIANA BRESSON
Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, Clyde, Missouri
159(8)
FATHER ALBAN BOULTWOOD
St. Anselm's Abbey, Washington, D.C.
167(8)
SISTER ANNELLA GARDNER
Sacred Heart Monastery, Richardton, North Dakota
175(10)
FATHER EUGENE W. DEHNER
St. Benedict's Abbey, Atchison, Kansas
185(10)
SISTER MARY GREGORY CUSHING
Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, Tucson, Arizona
195(6)
FATHER BERTHOLD RICKER
St. John's Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota
201(8)
SISTER PLACIDIA HAEHN
St. Placid Priory, Lacey, Washington
209(8)
FATHER JAMES JONES
Conception Abbey, Conception, Missouri
217(10)
SISTER AUGUSTINE UHLENKOTT
Monastery of St. Gertrude, Cottonwood, Idaho
227(6)
FATHER PLACID PIENTEK
St. Andrew Svorad Abbey, Cleveland, Ohio
233(6)
SISTER LIGUORI SULLIVAN
Benet Hill Monastery, Colorado Springs, Colorado
239(8)
FATHER PAUL R. MAHER
St. Vincent Archabbey, Latrobe, Pennsylvania
247(8)
SISTER AGATHA BURKE
St. Joseph Monastery, Tulsa, Oklahoma
255(8)
FATHER FREDERIC SCHINDLER
Mount Michael Abbey, Elkhorn, Nebraska
263(16)
Glossary 279(4)
American Benedictine Communities 283(2)
Acknowledgments 285

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