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Ancient Way In A New Land: Benedictine Education In The Great Plains, Marielle Frigge O.S.B.
Ancient Way In A New Land: Benedictine Education In The Great Plains, Marielle Frigge O.S.B.
Great Plains Quarterly
In the first half of the sixth century, an Italian monk, Benedict of Nursia, provided a framework for Christian monastic life. In the last half of the nineteenth century, his descendants arrived in the Great Plains, part of the westward movement of Christian missionaries in North America. What could this ancient way of life offer to a new land of Native tribes and immigrant farmers, traders, and soldiers? And what might this new land contribute to the shaping of a uniquely American form of monastic life?
These Benedictine men and women brought with them centuries of experience as learners and …