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Belmont Abbey: Christmas Schedule(Comments Off)
Ordinary daily schedule: Sunday, Dec. 18-Sunday, Jan. 8 6:00 AM Vigils 7:30 AM Lauds 11:00 AM Mass 11:45 AM Midday prayer 5:30 PM Vespers Saturday Dec 24 6:00 AM Vigils 7:30 AM Lauds 11:00 AM Mass 11:45 AM Midday prayer 5:30 PM Vespers 7:30 PM Vigils Sunday, Dec 25 12:00 Midnight Mass 8:00 AM Lauds 11:00 AM [...]
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Weather Monk Faces Northern Winter
Perhaps it’s human nature to talk about yourself and your own experiences. My problem is that Br. Elias seems to invite this sort of self-centered behavior. Whenever I sit down with him, he creates a welcoming and tranquil atmosphere that says he’s ready to listen. This past summer, before Br. Elias left to study in [...]
Former Belmont Abbey College president dies
Former Belmont Abbey College President Robert Preston died at noon on Saturday in High Point of pancreatic cancer, said his wife, Helen, of 53 years. She said Preston, 80, found out he had terminal pancreatic cancer on July 26 after a visit to the doctors’ office. He attended a family reunion in the western part [...]
New Book: Enlightened Monks by Ulrich L Lehner
Enlightened Monks investigates the social, cultural, philosophical, and theological challenges the German Benedictines had to face between 1740 and 1803, and how the Enlightenment process influenced the self-understanding and lifestyle of these religious communities. It had an impact on their forms of communication, their transfer of knowledge, their relationships to worldly authorities and to the academic [...]