Father Donald Raila, O.S.B., director of the Oblate Program at Saint Vincent Archabbey, discusses what the role of the abbot in a Benedictine monastic community should be, based on teaching from the Rule of Saint Benedict, as well as reflections written on that teaching from Benedictines of the Archabbey as well as others. The talk was originally scheduled to be given in March, as the Saint Vincent monastic community prepares to elect a new spiritual father.
April 13 Oblate Talk: How Benedictine Spirituality Shapes Advocate
March 20, 2025
Eric Failing of the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference will give a presentation to Oblates on at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 13. The talk will take place in the Assembly Room at