Our Abbot Michael Brunner recently co-directed a retreat, together with other members of the monastic community, for the Columban Fathers in Bristol, Rhode Island. The abbot’s session focused on the central theme of holiness, linking it to St. Benedict’s Rule.

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Benedictine Oblates, including our own Dionne Larson, gathered in Rome recently for their Fifth World Congress. We include excerpts from the address given to them by Pope Francis, who sums up three critical aspects of Benedictine life: search for God, enthusiasm, and hospitality.

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Our monthly exploration of Liturgy turns this week to a new theme, the theme of Eucharistic Renewal. Br. Benedict Maria, in his seminary experience, has encountered this nationwide effort in a powerful way, and comments on how it is progressing.

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