Monastic
Fellowship
On the evening of July 14th, our community
welcomed very special guests. They
live only about a quarter mile away from our
monastery, they are not Catholic, but they
have something in common with us. They
follow the Rule of St. Benedict. Our
guests were the monks from St. Augustine Monastery
– a Lutheran Benedictine community that has
been in Oxford for over 50 years.
Although the Feast of St. Benedict was
celebrated by our community just three days
earlier, in the spirit of our common Rule,
we made it a special occasion to invite them
to pray with us and enjoy fellowship with
one another. The evening began with
Vespers in our large chapel followed by a
delicious dinner prepared by Br. Antony
Maldonado. The original plan was to
eat outdoors, but there was a storm
forecasted for the day, so the dinner and
fellowship took place inside the
monastery. Nonetheless, the occasion
was a blessed event of fellowship with our
Christian brothers who share a common
monastic vision with us.