Browsing the archives for the Convent Blog category
I awoke this afternoon just in time to see the Oprah show on Tues. Geishas and Dominican nuns. The list of what Oprah claimed she didn’t know makes me wonder, no, makes me worried about the general religious knowledge Americans have (or don’t have). For instance, the notion of being a “bride of Christ” and [...]
[Photo: Eros Hoagland for The New York Times] From the NY Times, a wonderful photo-documentary on the rebuilding of a Christian monastery in Iraq, St. Elijah’s. I hope that when the dust settles and the bullets stop (or mostly stop), Iraq will be a destination spot for people interested in studying antiquity. There’s so much history [...]
Happy New Year! A little late! I did celebrate. But I wanted to share two things. 1) The traveling rabbi who comes to your office to blow the shofar! 2) This poster. I think it’s over the top cool. May our names continue to be inscribed in the roll book of learning. Share/Bookmark
It’s not even December, but there’s no mistaking the Guadalupan-i-ness of the Beguinage. The proof below. Share/Bookmark
I mentioned that there was a “six degrees” story about myself and Fr. Winance (look under Convent Blog). Many, many decades ago, a young man attended Pomona College where he met Fr. Winance. Fr. Winance was teaching a class at the Claremont Graduate School which is just up the street from Pomona College. (The Graduate [...]
I took several classes from Fr. Winance while I was studying at Claremont Graduate University. He was a fascinating man. There’s a six degrees story that I’ll post later. But I want to get these You Tube videos up now. Share/Bookmark
Wednesday before evening prayer I actually joined the sisters in silent meditation. It was so quiet! I’ve done silent mediation before. I think if I hadn’t I’d have burst a blood vessel or something. Wednesday was a busy day for me. Well, it’s been a busy semester thus far. I wanted to conduct a little [...]
I’m way behind in my blog posts. The semester is nearly half over. It’s hard to believe. Anyway, this is a promise to myself and my class to fill in the blanks, so to speak and update the blog over the weekend. We’re going to be starting on DZ’s book and I want to be [...]
One of the interesting things about convent life is orderliness of it. One aspect of this is the amount of “control” there is in the house. I don’t mean cult-like control. Just the really tight ship management of the household. There’s not a smigden of chaos in this place – probably not even in the [...]
This past week was the Feast of the Stigmata, the day Francis received on his feet and hands the marks of Christ’s crucifixion. Things were, therefore, a little bit different in the convent. Most noticeable was the beautiful singing of chant or plainsong during many of the services. I tried my best to keep up. [...]