Hospitality
To offer warmth, acceptance, and joy in welcoming others.
"Let all...be received as Christ." R.B. 53
"...serving leads to a greater reward" R.B. 36.5
Videos
Gratefulness: The Porter of the Monastery by Michael Peterson
The Benedictine Perspective Through Videography by Br. Simon-Hoa Phan
Being Benedictine Across Generations by Jessie Bazan
Benedictine Wisdom in the Classroom and Beyond by Fr. Rene McGraw
Around the World with Saint Benedict by Robert Bell
One Hundred Miles of Harmony by Fr. William Skudlarek & Ajahn Jotipalo
How Hospitality Makes Life Better and Easier by Kathleen Norris
Not Just Talking About the Weather by Fr. William Skudlarek
Hospitality: Making Room Inside Ourselves for Another Person
by Sr. Cecelia Prokosch
Musings on Monastic Mergers by Sr. Michaela Hedican
Texts
Radical Hospitality by Lonni Collins Pratt & Fr. Daniel Homan (available in Quad 241 & Clemens Library)
Benedictine Living: Reflections for Prayer and Meditation, Ch. 9 by Kate Ritger (available in Quad 241 & Clemens Library)
The Rule of Benedict: A Spirituality for the 21st Century by Joan Chittister, Ch. 53 (available in Quad 241 & Alcuin Library)
Reflections/Exercises
St. Benedict's Toolbox by Jane Tomaine, page 156-168
- Tool #1: Bringing Hospitality to Life
- Tool #2: Becoming an Instrument of God's Peace
- Tool #3: Hospitality and Listening
- Tool #4-Tool #7: More Ways to Put Hospitality into Practice
- Tool #8: Practicing Forgiveness
- Tool #9: The Three A's of Hospitality