If you’d like to join us, please contact Bill and request a Zoom invitation. We will cover Chapters 6 thru 8 in Fr. Michael Casey’s book: Living in the Truth. These chapters deal with the subjects of doing God’s will, patience, and spiritual self-disclosure. Each of these areas call for living out a form of humbling … [Read more…]
The next meeting of the Novices in the School of Love will be Wednesday, April 28th, at 7pm. We will meet via Zoom. We are reading the book Living In the Truth: Saint Benedict’s Teaching on Humility by Michael Casey, a Trappist monk living in Australia. Our first meeting with this book was March 24th. … [Read more…]
Dear Fellow Novices, Happy Feast of St. Joseph! Today (Wednesday, 3/24/21), at 7:00 PM, we will have our March NSL [Novices in the School of Love] meeting via Zoom. Bill will send out an invitation earlier today with a link for you to join the meeting. “Humility is a beautiful quality to find in a … [Read more…]
Tonight, we will be looking at Chapters 10 and 11 in Charles Cummings’ book, “Monastic Practices.”Chapter 10 is on “Community and Communication”. This is an interesting companion subject to the topic of “Silence” we discussed a few months ago. The monastery is a microcosm of the world–we are all stuck here with each other, and it … [Read more…]
This month, we will have our monthly NSL meeting, via Zoom, on Tuesday night, 11/24/20, at 7:00 PM, instead of our usual Wednesday evening meeting. This is to accommodate everyone who might be involved in any preparations for Thanksgiving on Thursday. We will be spending time with the chapter on vigils (“Watching,” Chapter 9) in … [Read more…]
We’ll meet again on Wednesday, July 22nd, at 7pm…most likely on Zoom. Jeff will make the call on that when the time comes. (It depends on the current state of health and safety in Michigan. We’re not in any rush to meet in person since several of our members are in the high-risk category and … [Read more…]
We had a wonderful time on Zoom last month. So we’re going to do it again! 1. We will meet again via Zoom, rather than in person, on Wednesday, June 24, at 7pm. Since there is still a possibility of exposure to COVID-19, we’re not going to risk it by meeting in person. Too soon. So … [Read more…]
Because of continued restrictions regarding meeting in person, we’ve decided to take our group online for the time being. So, we will meet via Zoom at 7pm Wednesday, May 27, at 7pm. NOTE: Zoom is a free online meeting application like Skype only more robust. You may obtain it here. Simply download it, set it … [Read more…]