Br. Sixtus Roslevich goes down memory lane to recount his efforts to stay afloat in his swimming lane in the Penn State pool. Somehow this leads us to the Prodigal Son, to a visit to The University of Rhode Island, and to reports of a return of Americans to the faith.

On the Sunday before Lent, Abbot Michael Brunner presented to the students soon departing for their Spring Break a homily in which he gave them their "homework for Lent," touching on our need to discern God's word and to respond.

We look back to monastery’s Newsletter of 1996 to retrieve this Lenten contribution from then-editor Dom Julian Stead. Fr. Julian provides insight into the Rule of St. Benedict on “prayer with tears,” finding resonance in the homilies of St. John Chrysostom.