After sixty years of living in a Cistercian community, Michael Casey combines his down-to-earth observations about the joys and challenges of living in Community with an appreciation of the deeper meanings of cenobitic life, taking into account the changes in both theory and practice that have occurred in his lifetime.
He is also the author of many books, including The Road to Eternal Life: Reflections on the Prologue of Benedict\'s Rule
Seventy-Four Tools for Good Living: Reflections on the Fourth Chapter of Benedict\'s Rule ; and Balaam\'s Donkey , all from Liturgical Press..
In the intervening years he has conducted many retreats and workshops on every continent (except Antarctica) and has written many articles on topics relating to Monastic history and spirituality.
About author(s): Michael Casey , OCSO, has been a monk of Tarrawarra Abbey (Australia) since 1960.
In an age of paradigm shift, Michael Casey invites readers to examine these essential practices of Community life and to ask how they might be envisioned in a way that speaks to our contemporaries.
Many of the key components of Monastic Community have kept the same names for more than a millennium.
He invites his readers, especially monks and nuns, to reflect on their own experiences of Community as a means of seeing a path forward into the future.
After sixty years of living in a Cistercian community, Michael Casey combines his down-to-earth observations about the joys and challenges of living in Community with an appreciation of the deeper meanings of cenobitic life, taking into account the changes in both theory and practice that have occurred in his lifetime
