Founder of the Carthusians, of whom a great book and great DVD have been the subject. The bookAn Infinity of Little Hours: Five Young Men and Their Trial of Faith in the Western World’s Most Austere Monastic Order details the lives of five novices entering the Carthusians in the 1960’s–it is well written and gripping. [...]
The Life You Save May Not be Your Own
Posted on October 6, 2008 by administrator
Lynn was born one day before me in 1958. Our mothers were in the small hospital together, and Lynn was one day old, when I came into the world and joined her in the nursery. When we started school together, I was the youngest member of the class, by that one day–something Lynn reminded [...]
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Money Flees
Posted on October 6, 2008 by administrator
Pope Benedict addresses the openning of the Synod, from The Age:
Pope Benedict XVI says the financial crisis sweeping the world proves the futility of craving success and money and he urges instead that people base their lives on the word of God.
“We are seeing now in the collapse of the big banks that this money [...]
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