Benedictine Conversations Archives

March, 2024

"Longing for Meaning: Seeking the Heart of God"

with Reverend David Mesner, Ph.D., OblSB

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November, 2023

“Remember You Are Stardust and to Stardust You Will Return:

The Unfolding Nature of Christ in the Cosmos”

with Ade Kroll, OSF

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May, 2023

“Pope Francis at 10: Covering a Papacy of Surprise and Consolation"

with Sebastian Gomes

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March, 2023

“The Radical Hospitality of Benedict: Beyond Fear to Welcome"

with Kathleen Atkinson, OSB

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February, 2023

“Responding to God: Catching Fire and Becoming Flame"

with Albert Haase, OFM

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January, 2023

“The Wisdom of the Ancients: How Do They Speak to Us Today?"

with Laura Swan, OSB

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December, 2022

“Creating a Monastic Heart: The Search for What Matters in Life."

with Joan Chittister, OSB

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November, 2022

“The Church Today: Where Do We Go from Here?"

with Timothy Joyce, OSB

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October, 2022

“Finding Joy: A Balanced Practice"

with Dr. Barbara McDonald

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September, 2022

“Listening for the Grace of Joy

with Beverly Raway, OSB and Jeanne Ann Weber, OSB

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May, 2022

 

“Saved by Beauty: Honoring the Life and Legacy of Sister Mary Charles McGough

with Lois Eckes, OSB and Meridith Schifsky

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April, 2022

“Connecting with the Natural World as an Embodied Spiritual Act

with Dr. Leah Prussia

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March, 2022

“There Lives the Dearest Freshness Deep Down Things*: Exploring Beauty and Justice in Everyday Human Encounter

with Jim Smith

*from the poem “The Grandeur of God” by Gerard Manley Hopkins
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February, 2022

“Learning to Pray

with Father James Martin

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January, 2022

“Sacred Selves: Creating and Becoming

with Sarah Brokke

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December, 2021

“Creativity Nourishes the Soul

with Barbara Sutton

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November, 2021

“The Promise and Beauty of Restorative Dialogue in Times of Division

with Ted Lewis

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October, 2021

“Wonder, Value and Justice

with Dr. Gary Boelhower

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September, 2021

“Beauty and Justice: How Beauty Calls Us to Love Our Neighbor and Creation

with Dr. Patrick McCormick

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May, 2021

“The Gift of Gabe: Seeing as God Sees

with Dawn Carrillo

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April, 2021

“Caring for Our Sacred Earth Home:

The Heart of St. Francis and St. Benedict

with Michelle L'Allier, OSF and Teri Spinler, OSB

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March, 2021

“A View from the Brink: Finding Hope in Times of Uncertainty”

with Parker J. Palmer

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February, 2021

“The Creative Potential of Crisis: A Benedictine Perspective

with Victor Klimoski

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January, 2021

“Race Matters: What Would Benedict Say?

with Carl Crawford

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December, 2020

“Hope is not Prognostication:

A Hope Rooted in Benedictine Practices”

with Abbot John Klassen, OSB

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November, 2020

"A Benedictine Response for our Time"

with Michaela Hedican, OSB

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October, 2020

"The Common Good...

Creating Conditions for Everyone to Do Well"

with Dr. Bernie Evans

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  September, 2020

“The Unfolding Leaven of the Benedictine Life”

 with Lois Eckes, OSB

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"One Mission, Two Locations"

St. Scholastica Monastery
1001 Kenwood Avenue
Duluth, MN 55811
218-723-6699

 

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2125 Abbotsford Avenue
Duluth, MN 55803
218-724-5266