Mar 1 - Apostolic Abstinence
To mark the beginning of Lent we suspended our reading of Of Beetles and Angels: A Boy's Remarkable Journey from a Refugee Camp to Harvard by Mawi Asgedom in order to read a sermon by Blessed John Henry Newman titled “Apostolic Abstinence A Pattern for Christians.”
from Rule of St. Benedict : Chapter 38. The Reader for the Week
Reading will always accompany the meals of the brothers.
Current Reading
Newman, John Henry. Parochial and Plain Sermons. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1997.
Previous Reading
Asgedom, Mawi. Of Beetles and Angels: A Boy's Remarkable Journey from a Refugee Camp to Harvard. Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 2002.
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- October 12 - Trappist Caskets Memorial Mass
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- Sept 8 - Celebration of the Liturgy
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- Sept 4 - Laboring on Labor Day
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- August 31 - Martin Luther
- August 24 - August Information Forum
- August 23 - Arriving at Amen
- August 19 - Vocation Ministry With Vitality
- August 18 - Conversation about Silence
- August 17 - In My Opinion
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- July 27 - July Information Forum
- July 25 - Strategic Planning Process Kickoff
- July 16 - Remembering Fr Neil
- July 14 - Strategic Planning Priorities
- July 6 - Father Neil Paquette
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- June 28 - Hidden Fruitfulness Shared
- June 26 - The Road to Character
- June 13 - Dr David Brakke and Early Monasticism
- June 9 - Come Away Guests
May 2017
- May 24 - Flowers in the Desert
- May 22 - The Juniors Are Here
- May 12 - A Clear Indication Conversation
- May 10 - Full of Hot Air
- May 2 - When Breath Becomes Air
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- April 23 - Remembering Brother Kevin
- April 21 - Filiation Conversation
- April 14 - Reflections and Sermon
- April 9 - Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion
- Holy Week Liturgies
March 2017
- March 31 - Brother M Kevin Knox
- March 31 - Bernard Lonergan in English
- March Information Forum
- Mar 10 - Exodus-The Book of Redemption
- Mar 4 - Youth Culture As A Challenge
- Mar 1 - Apostolic Abstinence
- 2017 Lenten Observances
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- ASH WEDNESDAY - Distribution of Ashes
- February Information Forum
- Feb 21 - By the Labor of Their Hands
- Feb 17 - Of Beetles and Angels
- Feb 12 - Themes Limit Me
- Feb 10 - Formation Conversation
- Feb 6 - Let Us Build Ourselves a Tower
- Feb 2 - Presentation of the Lord - Candlemas
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- January Information Forum
- Jan 27 - The Last Lecture of Fr Michael Himes
- Jan 26 - Solemnity of the Founders of Citeaux
- Jan 18 - Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
- Jan 17 - An Evening with the Archbishop
- Jan 15 - Blessing of Icons
- Jan 13 - Aristotles -neglected- Children
- Jan 13 - Contemplation and Evangelization
- Jan 10 - Trappist Caskets Corporation Member and Board Meetings
- Jan 8 - Early Vespers and Private Compline
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- Dec 30 - World Day of Prayer for Peace
- Dec 25 - Christmas Celebrations
- December Information Forum
- Dec 21 - Aristotles Children
- Dec 12 - An Introduction to Strategic Planning Facilitation
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- Nov 30 - Christians in Culture
- Nov 28 - Homelessness in the Dubuque Area
- November Information Forum
- Nov 17 - Mass of Remembrance
- Nov 15 - Monastic Sermons
- Nov 11 - Martyrdom
- Nov 2 - All Souls Commemoration
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- Oct 27 - Reflections on Contemporary Culture
- October Information Forum
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- Oct 10 - Vatican II and the House Report
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- Sept 26 - Closing of the Regular Visitation
- Sept 25 - Little Office Experiment
- Sept 22 - Mercy and the Cross
- September Information Forum
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- Sept 18 - God or Nothing
- Sept 9 - Conversation Groups - The Regular Visitation
- Sept 4 - In Pursuit of Silence
- Sept 4 - Changing Practices in the Liturgy of the Eucharist
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- Aug 25 - Lux Aurumque
- August Information Forum
- Aug 25 - New Windows
- Aug 23 - A New Organist
- Aug 12 - Community Meals
- Sacrament of Reconciliation Times
- Aug 5 - Church of Spies
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- July 20 - Brisit
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- July 5 - The Mis-Measure of Man
- July 5 - St Bernard Three Course Banquet
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- Shane Claiborne
- June Information Forum
- Cowls Off
- Islamaphobia
- First Things Essays
- Homilies - Chapter Talks - A Word to Our Employee Stakeholders
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