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ng is offered in answer to a request for a report on the 2009 address of the Benedictine Abbot Primate to the World Congress of Benedictine Oblates in Rome. on the entire Congress may be found by clicking on this link and visiting postings of the first two weeks in October 2009. The official Congress website is also available and is a much broader picture of the event. Continue Reading
Month: October 2010
Seeking God … Transforming the World
By Sr. Ruth Ksycki, OSB
“The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.” (Psalm 33) This line was the responsorial psalm for the first reading from Ephesians 3:14-21 last week. As I was doing lectio, I decided to try Sr. Irene Nowell’s method of interspersing the response in between the verses of the reading. (Sr. Irene was the presenter at our Oblate Day this year, for those who missed our annual – and wonderful – gathering.) Continue Reading
Sr. Genna Hibser 1928-2010
Sr. Genna Hibser, OSB – teacher, liturgist, musician and great friend – died Wednesday morning after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s Disease. Continue Reading
Sr. Katherine Keogel 1920-2010
AWOL
I’ve been AWOL from this blog for the last few month. I have excuses, but everybody’s as busy as I am. Mostly, I just haven’t had anything much to say…or rather I’ve found myself unable to put into words the continuing, rich experience of the life I live. Continue Reading
Social Justice with a Side of Humble Pie
The topic of discussion yesterday in my Sunday School class was “social justice.” We are reading Ronald Rohlheiser’s book “The Holy Longing.” He makes a point of the difference between charity and justice: charity being how we give from our generosity to those in need, and justice being how we try to change the systems that create poverty and alienation. Continue Reading
Benedictine Oblate Musings 