The July-August issue of the Oblate Newsletter has been posted.
So everyone can properly plan travel, all regular meetings are cancelled until further notice. The Novice Oblates will be meeting as this small group feels comfortable. The Novice Oblates will be notified by email and phone.
The Feast Day of St. Benedict, Patriarch of Western Monasticism is celebrated on July 11. The novena to St. Benedict begins July 2. The novena prayer was published in the June, 2020 Oblate Newsletter and can be downloaded from this site.
Along with the Ordo and Necrology you will also find:
- Boniface Wimmer, OSB: Founder of St. Vincent’s Archabbey, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, of the American Cassinese Congregation, and “Father” of Belmont Abbey
- “Fruits of Lectio Divina” (continued from June) by Garcia M. Colombas
- St. Benedict, Patriarch of Western Monasticism
One item that the virus closures has made evident is that Oblates have not been keeping their contact information up to date. Please contact Gail Warlick (gailwarlick@bac.edu) with your email address and phone number. If you do not use email please send a letter to Gail Warlick, 100 Belmont-Mt. Holly Road, Belmont, NC 28012 and include the best phone number to reach you.
