Yesterday, March 21, at least within the Benedictine Order, was the feast of the Transitus (passing) of Our Holy Father Benedict. Church organists, double check your chart of Precedence of Liturgical Feasts in case you were observing the birth of J.S. Bach.
Here’s an interesting article from yesterday’s Guardian: “Force of habit: who are your favourite fictional monks?” I see they misspelled “favorite” in the headline, but otherwise it’s a good article.
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For film I’d add Brother Aidan from The Secret of Kells
Anthony, that’s how one spells ‘favourite’ this side of the pond.
Face-palm.
And some of us spell it that way on THIS side of the pond. We have the great and cranky Merriam Webster to thank for the trashing of good English spelling ‘over here’.
Then there are those who reserve “favourite” as a noun for the object of royal or noble affairs of the heart, shall we say.
It is good to agree with you Gerard.
Cheers
Peter
@Gerard Flynn – comment #2: Hi Gerard, I know your comment is from three years ago now, but in the off chance that you see this, did you previously do teaching in New Zealand?
My favorite fictional monastic is Dame Philippa Talbot from Rumer Godden’s In This House of Brede.
My favorites are Brother Cadfael, and William of Baskerville from The Name of the Rose. Yes, William was a friar, technically, but still my favorite fictional religious!!
Brother Cadfael, Sister Fidelma [though she’s not really monastic after the first couple of tales], Friar WIlliam, and probably some others, but I tend to devour books and hate picking favorites in any spelling.
Brother Petroc of Brother Petroc’s Return.
Do Orthodox nuns qualify for a monastic favorites-list?
Sister Pelagia of Boris Akunin’s novels is a pretty cool detective.
I like Brother Cadfael too. The honesty of his religiosity is not incompatible with practical common sense. And who could but like someone who knows so much about herbs AND was an honerable soldier before joining the monastery?
I like Brother Cadfael too. And then there’s Friar Tuck. Hey, do the Masters of Chant count? 🙂 … http://youtu.be/TdPc9CqvtX0
The Bulgarian monk named Michael in The Ball and the Cross.
Face-palm.
Palm-face next Sunday.
Dame Philippa Talbot from Rumer Godden’s In This House of Brede works for me, but Brother Cadfael is a close second. I found it interesting that Dianna Riggs (who played Phippa in the movie, “In this House of Brede” years ago – also introduced and concluded some of episodes of Brother Cadfael on PBS (from the BBC.)
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