Reflective Articles from our Bulletins

Our Association with Latin America

• A Reflection on the Guadalupe Center, Cuernavaca, Mexico by Gerardo Thijssen
• Monastic Dialogue and Celebration of Mexican Benedictine Sisters' 75th Anniversary, Chronicle of January 2005
• We Share A World
• New leadership of Mexican Benedictine Sisters in Weston, Chronicle of January 2004
• Celebrating our Jubilee in Mexico and in Guatemala - Chronicle of Dec. 2002 through Feb-March 2003
• Visions of Hope - (Mexico/Brazil)
• Walking the Pilgrimage of Emmaus (Brazil Trip), Chronicle of April 2002
• Chronicle of January 2001
• Our Journey to Nicaragua - 2001
• The Benedictine Charism in the World-Chronicle of February 2000
• Por Los Caminos De América

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Public Sanctuary

• Seventeen Years of Exile and First Trip to Guatemala, Chronicle of May 2000
• Guatemalan Mid-wife Project, Chronicle of October 2002
• Felipe and Elena and the brothers in Guatemala, Chronicle of February-March 2003
• Dedication of Mid-wife Center in Guatemala, Chronicle of September 2004

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Monastic Life

• The Word in Creation
  (Deeply a part of our baptismal commitment is our connection to the earth and to all creation)
• Reflections on Monastic Profession
• Reflections on Simple Vows
• Learning the Art of Dialogue -
  (October 2005 meeting of New England region CMSM with New England Bishops)
• A Matter of the Heart-A Loving Word from Brother Leo
• The Prophetic Dimension of Monastic Life Today-Marcelo Barros, OSB
• Statement of Benedictine Men and Women against Iraq War
• The Many Faces of Benedictine Life (The Benedictine Confederation)
• Opening to a New Springtime (September 2000 Congress of Abbots and Priors in Rome)
• Globalization in the Spirit (September 2004 Congress of Abbots and Priors in Rome)
• Seeing the Face of God: A Monastic Dialogue (On Inter-religious dialogue in a pluralistic world)
• Benedictine Monastic Life, Chronicle Introduction of Fall/Winter 2000
• St. Basil On the Common Life Chronicle Introduction of Spring/Summer 2002 Bulletin
• Monastic Dialogue and Celebration, Chronicle of January 2005 Bulletin

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Care for the Earth

• The Word in Creation
  (Deeply a part of our baptismal commitment is our connection to the earth and to all creation)
• Small Is the Bee
• Monks in the Wilderness
• Sugaring in Vermont
• Arrival of our animals, Chronicle of June 2003
• New lambs and piglets, Chronicle of April-May 2004
• New lambs and bees, Chronicle of April-May 2005

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Prayer/Spirituality

• Our Hungry World is Waiting  (Only the works of mercy can undo the works of war and repair the world)
• The Word in Creation
  (Deeply a part of our baptismal commitment is our connection to the earth and to all creation)
• A Reflection on the Guadalupe Center, Cuernavaca, Mexico by Gerardo Thijssen
• On the event of Our Lady of Guadalupe (reflections of Fr. Clodomiro Siller)
• Learning the Art of Dialogue (October 2005 meeting of New England region CMSM with New England Bishops)
• Saying NO to Hatred
• Becoming the Peace We Pray For (Includes Resources)
• Living the Beatitudes after September 11th, 2001
• One Body, Wherever We Are
• A Matter of the Heart-A Loving Word from Brother Leo
• The Prophetic Dimension of Monastic Life Today-Marcelo Barros, OSB
• Our Exuberant Procession to an Everlasting Pentecost
• A Sign of Contradiction (The Feast of Christmas)
• We Share A World
• Benedictine Monastic Life, Chronicle Introduction of Fall/Winter 2000 Bulletin
• St. Basil on the Common Life, Chronicle Introduction of Spring/Summer 2002 Bulletin

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Peace/Justice/Non-Violence

• Our Hungry World is Waiting  (Only the works of mercy can undo the works of war and repair the world)
• "Letter: Honor, Decency, Integrity (On the tragedy unfolding daily in Iraq)"
• Carrying the Dreams of the Poor  (on Migrants and Immigration)
• A Reflection on the Guadalupe Center, Cuernavaca, Mexico (on relations between North America and Latin America) by Gerardo Thijssen
• A Passage Away from Violence (Includes Resources on Death Penalty)
• Living the Beatitudes after September 11th, 2001
• Becoming the Peace We Pray For (Includes Resources)
• One Body, Wherever We Are
• Statement of Benedictine Men and Women against Iraq War
• Not In Our Name (Statement of the Monks of Weston Priory against Iraq War)
• Our Exuberant Procession to an Everlasting Pentecost
• A Summons to Repentance, A Call to Peacemaking
• A Plea to the Christian Conscience
• We Share A World