A New Monasticism?

“In this place, generations of praying people have followed one another, forming a monastic breeding ground on which a new resurgence of the old Benedictine trunk will grow: more than 1,150 years of monastic presence link us to a great tradition, thus renewing a chain of prayer.” pic.twitter.com/ek5eLJpVME

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) August 19, 2021

Should Monasticism Be...

understood as consecrated singlehood? And while they are those monks who could have married and been good husbands and fathers, does monasticism appeal to those who prefer to be single or cannot function as spouses or parents? And should the latter class of people be excluded from the religious life?

SSH Goes Mainstream

Vox Day.

Can we better understand monastics or those especially living an eremetical form of life as being sigmas? I suppose the normal hierarchy could be found where there is more of a monastic community. Monasticism then could be understood in such "sociological terms," though those who extol the perfection of living the evangelical vows would not be satisfied. But it would allow a place for continued development of our understanding of the "lay" Christian vocation.

Monastics leave the world because they reject its unwholesome spirit. But in leaving the world, they don’t abandon the human person. https://t.co/YaViC2mKlM

— OCN (@MyOCN) January 11, 2021

Meanwhile, in the AmChurch...

After a period of political gloom, I spent a few days with these outstanding young men: serious, curious, based, totally in love with the Lord and with Saint Josemaria.

Now I’m perfectly refreshed. pic.twitter.com/H50nmb8TFQ

— Sohrab Ahmari (@SohrabAhmari) January 29, 2021

Though our students were unable to travel to D.C. this year for the @March_for_Life, our @UDCFL joined the march in spirit. Last Saturday, over 75 of our groundhogs prayed together outside of an abortion clinic. We are so proud of our students and stand united in prayer today!💙 pic.twitter.com/8VpPUZtXIw

— University of Dallas (@UofDallas) January 29, 2021

The AmChurch continues to fail Roman Catholic men.

Even Jesuits?

We’re all monks now https://t.co/iEj360ObGk

— America Magazine (@americamag) April 23, 2020

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Published on the same day: A Monk’s Guide to Quarantine by Teresa Mull

One might think that one would find similar articles by Orthodox Christians, but I have not seen many -- rather there is more of an awareness that Christian faithful should be building up their "domestic churches."

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What Role for Anger?

Generalizing too much -- in that respect this piece isn't much different from Pope Francis' criticisms of select groups. The best part of the essay pertain to straight discussion of Evagrius Ponticus. But the application to other people, that is lacking.

Adam DeVille: God Does Not Need Your Outrage

Do people feel outrage on behelf of God? Or are they angry for another reason? And if they are angry, is that anger justified? Have they been injured in some way? One should not wallow in anger, nor act rashly or unjustly. But does an ascetic have much to say to those who still live in the world and must act in defense of his community? The ideal is not the suppression of anger, and to be free of anger, but to have anger subject to reason and the Holy Spirit.

Perhaps a wise and holy spiritual father can have something to say about anger that will be of use to lay people, and avoid the problems that Leon Podles have pointed to in certain development in Christian spirituality. But when lay people do so, they should tread carefully because their own credibility is at issue.

Opting Out of the Benedict Option? by T. Renee Kozinski

I am talking more about a new locus of identity, an attitude, I sense among Catholics. This time round, though, it is less like Benedict and more like the Maccabees: Lay people, not monks, who aspire to build walls around what is true, good, and beautiful in order to preserve these transcendentals along with themselves and their children. You see this in the micro-educational institutions that create a community of learning and faith, without hope of any largesse or approval-stamp from the culture at large; you see this in small church communities centered around a liturgy that “brings beauty flowing into the realm of the senses.”

She is inclined to rejecting the Benediction option because lay Christians do not seem to have the calling to be neo-monastics.

But I wonder if the experience of other creatures, for the laity, must on some level include the Other—a person who challenges us by the very fact that they have a very different experience. This kind of interaction, I have found, helps us see not only the gaps in our own empathy and sensitivity to what any issue includes, but also helps us deepen our ability to think abstractly, with principles becoming living things and not dry museum pieces to worship. We can, in being confronted by real people who think very differently from us, become deeper and of more real value to others.

You can have a conversation with people of different cultures. But you cannot form a community with them. So where is the grappling with the real question: how to deal with outsiders or people not of your group?

The Spread of Eastern Monasticism

The tradition of Byzantine monasticism was first transmitted to the West in the 6th century (15) and afterwards further East into Russia and to its neighbours in the 11th century.

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Tuesday, March 15, 2016

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The Monastery: Mr. Vig and the Nun - Documentary Trailer

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I definitely want to see this.

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The Simple Life...

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Is it possible for first-world monasteries to give up electricity?

Monasticism, Clericalism, and the Priesthood of All Believers

Monasticism, Clericalism, and the Priesthood of All Believers
Benjamin Mann
Abbot Nicholas Zachariadis

The essence of monasticism is not clerical service—which is possible only for some—but a radically converted way of life, available to all.


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There Will Always Be a Need For Monasticism

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Mount Athos Comes to Stanford

Next Saturday.

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Fr. Dwight Longenecker on St. Benedict

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Dom Philip Anderson on EWTN Live

Entering Silence to Be in the Presence of God

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell: Silence and Culture at a Carthusian Monastery by R. Jared Staudt

60 Minutes feature on Mount Athos now available for viewing

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Behind-the-scenes travelogue to holy Mt. Athos