In the common vocation

Entry of the monastery of La Pierre-qui-Vire (France)
Entry of the monastery of La Pierre-qui-Vire (France)

For various reasons, in these months again some brothers and sisters visited or stayed at different monasteries and communities: for some it was preaching, for others various motives of work or study, for others a retreat, and for still others a simple desire of a fraternal visit

For various reasons, in these months again some brothers and sisters visited or stayed at different monasteries and communities: for some it was preaching, for others various motives of work or study, for others a retreat, and for still others a simple desire of a fraternal visit.

In March our prior, br Enzo, visited the monastery of Camaldoli, where he participated at the VIIIth Assembly of the Italian Monastic Conference (CIM, of which our community is a member as of last year). He spoke on The Word of God and Monastic Life. In this period also br Edoardo and br Goffredo visited the same monastery: br Edoardo for a session of the Jewish-Christian Colloquium and br Goffredo to represent our community at the solemn profession of br. Matteo. For a personal retreat sr Lucia went to the Valserena monastery, while sr Roberta visited the Benedictine monastery “Mater Ecclesiae” of Isola S. Giulio, sr Ilaria and sr Roberta the Carmel of Biella-Chiavazza, sr Anna the monastery of Civitella San Paolo, sr Laure the monastery of Echourgnac, sr Natalia the Cistercian monastery of Kismaros (Hungary), br Raffaelo and br Luigi the monastery of Simonos Petras (Mount Athos), sr Raffaela the monasteries of Cîteaux and of La Pierre-qui-Vire. For a brief stay of formation br Marcello visited the monastery of En Calcat, br Ezio that of Tamié, and br Lorenzo that of La Pierre-qui-Vire; br Giuseppe and br Goffredo also visited this last, for sessions held by br Goffredo with the community on liturgical space. Archival research brought br Matteo to the monastery of St André de Bruges (Zevenkerken Abdij, Belgium), while sr Sylvie and sr Francesca took occasion of the annual meeting of Reformed French and Swiss communities to spend a few days also at Taizé. Br Luciano participated at the meeting of the directors and directresses of novices of France and Switzerland organized at the Cistercian monastery of Hauterive.

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