On the first day of classes, Abbot Michael Brunner’s homily for the Opening Mass turned to the gospel parable of the talents. The coinciding twenty-second anniversary of the attacks of 9-11 provided an important context by which he framed his message.

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Brother Sixtus Roslevich recently hosted Jon Yarnell of the Nakashima Studios in New Hope, after himself making a couple of trips to the Pennsylvania studios. He reports on the visit, which has renewed our appreciation of the community’s beautiful Nakashima inheritance.

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In returning to this monthly series on the “Love of Learning,” we will explore this year some of the experiences members of our monastic community have had with education, whether as educators or as students. We begin by taking stock of what may be “Benedictine” in the experience of “Learning.”

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