Mabuhay!
As you may or may not know, I am here for an 8 week summer program at St. Meinrad's Archabbey at the southern tip of the state of Indiana! My time here so far has been nothing but fun, solemn, and very spiritual.
The Benedictine Scholars Program is an 8 week (sort of) discernment retreat. From the last weekend of May until the 20th of July, I am here spending time with the Benedictine monks. I follow there daily horarium, I also share meals with them as well as recreation. During the week, I have a job and I am the librarian. In the afternoon I also take a class called "Christian Maturity and Human Development". The class is taught by the vocations director, Br. John Mark Falkenhain.
Every Wednesday here at the abbey we have monastic conferences where each week we discuss a fundamental value of the monastic life such as: liturgy of the hours, stability, hospitality, etc. Every other Friday we have "meet a monk" where a monk would come in, talk about his discernment process and his time/life here at the monastery. Whether he's taught a class, had a parish, or did mission work at another country or surrounding churches.
Have a great day!
