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...Washington last week, Archbishop Patrick A. O'Boyle of Washington solemnly carried out one of the rarer ceremonies of the Roman Catholic Church: the formal blessing of a new abbot. He gave his benediction to the Rt. Rev. Alban Boultwood, O.S.B., and handed him a copy of the Holy Rule of St. Benedict as a reminder of an abbot's responsibilities. Then, as a choir chanted the Te Deum, Abbot Boultwood formally accepted the fealty of 37 monks from St. Anselm's Abbey, the capital's only Benedictine monastery. American-born and British-educated, Father Boultwood...
...cleric who takes vows of religion that bind him to live and serve in one monastic community until his death. Unlike Franciscan or Dominican houses, which are organized into tightly run provinces, Benedictine monasteries are almost completely independent of each other; a monk obeys only his own abbot. Unlike the Jesuits or other modern religious congregations, which have specific vocations to preach, heal or teach, monks are essentially contemplative: their major duty is the Opus Dei-the common recitation of the prayers in the Divine Office, for the glory of God and the salvation of souls...
...American monasticism's active involvement with the secular world spiritually wise? Because of the obvious benefits to the church as a whole, most abbots agree that it is; but they are aware of the need to keep St. Benedict's ora et labora (pray and work) in balance. "The great question in contemporary monasticism," says St. Anselm's Abbot Boultwood. "is precisely the seeking of this point of balance that unifies the contemplative and the active in monastic life. In reinforcing the element of contemplation . . . American monasticism may have a long way to travel...
George B. Kistiakowsky, Abbot and James Lawrence Professor of Chemistry, disagreed with the idea of a clearinghouse, however. He felt that there may be some waste when scientists do the same work, but added, "scientists already have enough paper work without having to write weekly progress reports...