Word: prayers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...worship-filled day of the Rev. Arthur Carl Kreinheder begins at 6 with the recitation of lauds. Afterward he celebrates Mass, and until the Great Silence that follows the night prayer of compline, his daily routine at St. Augustine's House, near Oxford, Mich., is marked by observance of the traditional hours of the divine office. It is a life much like that of any Benedictine priest in the Roman Catholic Church-but Father Kreinheder is not a Catholic. He is the first and only Lutheran monk in U.S. history...
...more hermit than monk, since the three companions who helped him found his Congregation of the Servants of Christ soon gave up. His major support comes from the 300 Lutherans who belong to his Fellowship of St. Augustine, occasionally visit the monastery to make retreats and join him in prayer. Kreinheder has no pastorate, supports himself by raising sheep, gets advice and a helping hand in the fields from the sympathetic Catholic monks of nearby St. Benedict of Montefano Monastery...
Erwin N. Griswold, Dean of the Law School, criticized the Supreme Court Wednesday night for exceeding the letter and the spirit of the Constitution in its June decision to strike down the New York school prayer...
...Supreme Court's decision ruled unconstitutional a 22-word non-denominational prayer prepared by New York State officials for use in public schools...
Griswold pointed out that the New York prayer was not compulsory, and that any child who objected could be excused from participation. He said it was educational for a child to learn in school "not so much that he is different, as that other children are different from him. Learning tolerance for other persons may be an important part of American education, and wholly consistent with the First Amendment