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How to be a Monastic and Not Leave Your Day Job: An Invitation to Oblate Life (Voice from the Monastery)

How to be a Monastic and Not Leave Your Day Job: An Invitation to Oblate Life (Voice from the Monastery)

by Br . Benet Tvedten (Author)

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    Paperback 2006

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Synopsis

In today's hectic, changing world, being an oblate offers a rich, spiritual connection to the stability and wisdom of an established monastic community.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 119
 Publisher: Paraclete Press
Published: 01 Apr 2006
ISBN 10: 1557254494
ISBN 13: 9781557254498

Media Reviews
These two books [Oblation: Meditations on St. Benedict's Rule by Rachel M. Srubas and How To Be a Monastic and Not Leave Your Day Job: An Invitation to Oblate Life by Brother Benet Tvedten] deserve dual consideration. Both issued by Paraclete, they make a powerful case for the revival of one of the less well known monastic traditions of the West, the oblates, who, while remaining laypeople in a lay life, are affiliated with a monastic house by their adherence to some of the basic tenets of the Benedictine rule. Tvedten (director, Oblates, Blue Cloud Abbey, SD) explains the history of Benedictine monasticism simply but in some detail as well as the history of oblates and their place in contemporary monastic houses, both Catholic and non-Catholic Benedictine. Srubas, herself both a Benedictine oblate and a Presbyterian clergywoman, has written a collection of poem-like prayers and meditations directed at oblates and inspired by the Benedictine rule. These volumes cast fresh light on a little-known practice and should interest many readers. For most collections. Graham Christian Library Journal January 1, 2006
Author Bio
Brother Benet Tvedten entered the Blue Cloud Abbey in Marvin, South Dakota in 1958. He has been his community's Director of Oblates for nearly thirty years, and held the position of Coordinator of the North American Association of Oblate Directors between 1995 and 1999. He is also the author of A View from a Monastery.