Continuing Education for Monastic Community

Fall is here and, as you can see, the trees are turning to various shades of red and yellow. This particular tree is located down close to Maria Laach. This week we have had a lot of rain. It has been cloudy and rainy almost everyday but it is supposed to start clearing off so hopefully it will be nice for the oblate retreat which is this weekend.

This afternoon and evening we have a couple of talks to be given by Father Michael Casey, O.C.S.O. from Australia. He is the author of the book Sacred Reading: The Ancient Art of Lectio Divina which is a rather popular book, at least in monastic circles. He is from Australia and has been in this country for talks at various places. We are happy that he is able to come here from Atchison, Kansas, for a couple of lectures. Some of the Sisters from Clyde will come over and join us for these lectures this evening. We try to have someone every year come in for some lectures as part of our continuing education.

This coming weekend is an off campus weekend for the seminarians so many of them will be leaving. About once a month they have such a weekend when they are allowed to leave on Friday after their last class and return on Sunday evening. On other weekends they are frequently involved in apostolic work.