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...centuries. In recent years, though, the monastery has welcomed the outside world with a sign at the gate proclaiming: "The brothers would like you to share in their search for spiritual unity and liberty." Since 1964, the abbey has been a center for audacious innovation under its prior, Dom Bernard Besret...
Last week a new prior arrived in Boquen. Dom Besret (pronounced beret) had been summoned to Rome and dismissed for threatening to destroy the monastic concept. Cistercian superiors were unmoved by his pleas to be permitted to stay on as "president" of a more open community. Explained a Vatican official privately: "If you are going to have a monastery, you must have a monastery. It can't be a country club...
...Bruce Reynolds, free until last November, did splurge at first. A dozen bottles of Nuits St. Georges, a dozen Veuve Cliquot and a dozen Dom Perignon were delivered each week to his London flat. He tooled about in an Austin-Healey, a Thunderbird or a Mercedes 250. Fearful that the police were closing in, Reynolds lit out from his hiding place. He traveled constantly for five years, fleeing through six countries on false passports obtained for $33,000 from criminal acquaintances. When he was finally run down in the English seaside resort of Torquay, he seemed relieved. Said he: "Anyone...
YALE-COLGATE: After last week's loss to UConn. coach Carm Cozza said, "We had some trouble offensively." Carm certainly didn't overstate the situation. and if Cornell couldn't beat Colgate, there's no reason to think Yale can. The Red Raiders have this runner named Dom Fisher, who is going to make Saturday embarrassing for the Elis. But actually this could be the closest game today. Linda Scott's advice is well taken here-Don't bet money, honey. But I pick Colgate...
...site-about 100 miles southeast of the Moroccan capital of Rabat-because it was suitably remote for contemplation. At first, French colonial authorities tried to persuade the monks to Christianize the area's Berber tribesmen (and thus play them off against Arab nationalists in the cities), but Prior Dom Denis Martin and his monks refused to cooperate. "It would be criminal to convert Moslems," said Dom Denis, explaining that any converts would be outcasts in their own country. Instead, the monks set about building a monastery, planting an orchard and quietly living their contemplative life. Only after a year...