The fall 2023 issue of Abbey Banner celebrates the recent monastic profession of Novice Augustine Oh and Brother David Allen along with the anniversaries of jubilarians Father Michael Peterson (25), Father Michael Kwatera (50), Brother Kelly Ryan and Father Mel Taylor (60), and Fathers James Reichert, Alberic Culhane, and Gordon Tavis (70).  Father Cyprian Weaver tells of Saint Pachomius, a fourth-century monk, and his rule (Regula Pachomii) to begin a series of articles investigating how, in the beginning, time was measured and how it regulated the activities in the daily life of monks.  Brother Aaron Raverty introduces Saint Maur’s Priory, one of the first interracial religious communities in the U.S., established in response to racist segregation.  Ms. Peggy Roske shares the story of the first class of female Johnnies at Saint John’s Preparatory School.  We also learn about a new nursery, explore the cluttered life of some confreres, meet a musician monk from Iowa, and more.

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