Back to Blogging. Time to be of some good use!
It is now late 2022 and the past year has seen some good developments in the "Field of Religion."
The big project of the year was the Benedict Option class at Resurrection Anglican Fellowship on Thursday nights. This class started in the Summer of 2022 and culminated with a retreat at the Antiochian Benedictine Fellowship of Saint Laurence.
The retreat was a resounding success, which many of the attendees blown away by their experience of seeing formal Benedictine monastic life in action.
Fr. Theodore gave a wonderful keynote address, and Monk Joseph Marie was stellar.
All the class attendees also gave talks, as well as the Clergy of Rez Anglican.
The Gregorian chanting by the four monks was wondrous. The foothill setting, as always, was spectacular, and we had perfect weather. Glory to God!
It is strongly hoped that a lasting relationship with the local Anglican Church of North America and the BSFL will be the legacy of this wonderful weekend spent at the monastery.
The other Big Project on the horizon will be the 2024 Western Rite Conference that will take place in the Summer of 2024, Lord Willing.
Three possible venues are The Abbey Conference Center in Canon City, The Navigators Headquarters in Colorado Springs, or the YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park.
I contemplate inviting the Society of Saint Spalding to attend. This is an Anglican ministry dedicated to the life and work of Bishop Spalding of Colorado, who was the first Episcopal Bishop to the State of Colorado and helped plant around 80 parishes.
Bishop Spalding is revered at Saint Mark's Antiochian Orthodox Church and by the faithful remnant of small "o" orthodox Anglicans around the state. The ministry is dedicated to the revitalization of rural churches in small towns and medium sized towns in Colorado.
I've been under the weather for three weeks following the retreat, but seem to be on the mend today.
I have a new Desktop system to blog with, as my Apple Computer became my Apple Computer of Blessed Memory. With this new system I have now, it will be easier to blog. Blogging using an I-Pad is just not ideal. Having a desktop system with a huge screen, however, is ideal. Thanks be to God.
