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f5th Annual BLSS Seminar
Living a Monastic Life (For a Week)
This past June, five faculty members, and three trustees traveled to St. Anselm for the fifth annual Benedictine Life and Spirituality Seminar (BLSS). The purpose of the four- day immersion program is to allow lay faculty and staff to experience the rhythmic schedule of monastic life. The program includes participating in daily prayer, experienc- ing mass and meals with the monks, enjoying a meal in silence with table reading, lis- tening to a history on the Benedictines and to a panel of monks describe their vocational call and story, meeting and conversing with members of the St. Anselm community, and touring the church and Abbey. By experiencing the life of a monk, the attendees gain a greater understanding and awareness of Benedictines and their rich lifestyle, tradition, and history.
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Monastic Updates
Father William Sullivan suffered a stroke last year and continues to recover in the hospital under care. Please continue to keep him in your prayers. Father William was the prior and president of Priory from 1985-1997.
Father Jude Gray, OSB, 81, a beloved Benedictine monk and priest at Saint Anselm Abbey, Goffstown, for more than 50 years, as well as an educator, coach and vintage automobile restoration enthusiast, died Monday, March 14, 2016, at Saint Teresa’s Nursing Home, Manchester, after more than a year of declining health. Father Jude was the fifth headmaster at Priory in the 80’s.
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