Tag: Benedictine Order

The Gift of Benedictine Monastic Values for Catholic Culture at Large

While the monastic context provides a rich space to practice these values, they really are Christian values that can be lived in a broader arena.

July 24, 2019
Abbot Primate Notker Wolf on Leadership, the CDF, and Women’s Ordination

“Only when we have resolved that problem of clericalism, we can start to speak about women’s ordination. I think first we have to find the new figure of a priest as a pastor. And then we can say, what’s the role of a woman in such a context? And this looks maybe different than we…

April 15, 2014
Pray Tell visits with Timothy Radcliffe, OP

“Pope Benedict’s emphasis on beauty in liturgy was wonderful and to be welcomed. It is true that the return of some forms of vestment, the red shoes, and some curious hats did put people off! They certainly did not turn me on!”

June 17, 2013
Swiss Abbot Harshly Criticizes Church Structures, Calls for Reform in the System of Naming Bishops

“In our church we have serious structural problems. The problem is that bishops achieve their position through this system, and consequently they have no interesting in questioning the current system. The church thus becomes a closed system. Perhaps it eventually has to collapse or fall apart before anything happens.” – Benedictine Abbot Peter von Sury

December 15, 2012
Chanting abbots

Pity the poor guy responsible for chant at this congress.

September 16, 2012