Oblates of St. Mary Monastery, Rock Island, Ill., blog about Benedictine values, prayer and life.
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 31st, 2009
Oblate Day is just around the corner. You should be receiving your registration forms yet this week … please fill them out and return them asap. We are looking forward to a wonderful retreat and to seeing you here! Here’s the schedule:
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 25th, 2009
I was reluctant to join Facebook. Perhaps many of you have felt the same. I finally did for two reasons: I realized many of my highschool friends were present there, and a fellow theologian told me she was developing theological connections through it. So I joined.
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 25th, 2009
I didn’t really expect to run into Jesus and Mary at an Alabama rest area it 11:00 PM.
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 9th, 2009
Like Ric, I have been traveling–only north, not south, to Upper Michigan, not Alabama. And since I fittingly read chs. 50 and 51 of the Rule on the road, I interpreted them in light of my two weeks on “vacation”–which going to my homeland isn’t, really. Not at least when an uncle ends up in [...]