Seek Things Above
The mission of the Mount Angel Institute is to share the rich ways of Mount Angel Abbey’s Benedictine monastic life with Church and World. In this podcast, we share talks from monks, faculty, and guest speakers at Mount Angel that generally focus on the rich ways of prayer, community life, deep reading or lectio divina, life centered on the Eucharist, Benedictine hospitality, arts and culture, and caring for the land and environment.
Mount Angel Abbey (Saint Benedict, Oregon) is a community of Benedictine monks founded in 1882 from the Abbey of Engelberg in Switzerland. Today, the community continues to serve the spiritual needs of western Oregon and beyond through the parish church of St. Mary’s, a seminary (founded in 1889), a guesthouse, and other works that welcome all visitors and guests in the spirit of Benedictine hospitality.
For more information about Mount Angel, visit https://www.mountangelabbey.org/.
Seek Things Above
“What Can Monasticism Offer the Church Today?”: A Dialogue Between Two Abbots
In this talk from April 2024, Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, and Bishop Benedict Aleksiychuk discuss what monasticism can offer the Church and the world today.
Abbot Jeremy is the 12th abbot of Mount Angel Abbey, elected by the community in March of 2016. Abbot Jeremy made his first profession in the community on September 8, 1974, and was ordained a priest in 1981. He holds advanced degrees in theology from the Augustinianum Patristic Institute and the Pontificio Ateneo Sant’Anselmo.
Originally from Ukraine, Bishop Benedict is bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Chicago. He is a former hegumen of Holy Dormition Lavra and holds degrees in medicine, business, and a PhD in theology from Lublin Catholic University. In 2010, Bishop Benedict was appointed auxiliary eparch of Lviv. In 2015, he was appointed eparch of Chicago.
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