A Trappist Gift
admin February 4th, 2007
I would like to share with you today one of the most beautiful websites I have ever come across, that of the Trappist monks of Our Lady of the Prairies Monastery, situated in western Canada, in Holland, Manitoba.
The website was created with the help of the St. Norbert Arts Centre and the Canadian federal government department of Canadian Heritage, for the Virtual Museum of Canada. Called, A Day in the Life of a Trappist Monk, the site is, in my opinion, a work of art on every level, be it spiritual, aesthetics, information, music, history - a place I will return to time and time again.
Among other things, you will find overviews of the seven prayertimes the monks participate in daily, with a short video clip for each, as well as overviews of the main components of the monastic life, with video clips as well as diagrams/printed instructions of the pertinent Trappist sign language. As well, there is information and audio clips/videos of chant, in both Latin and French.
All this, and so much more. A treasure trove of the Cistercian/Trappist life. Enjoy. Spend a few hours sometime, if you can. I think you may want to.
Hello, I live about 20 min from the Our lady of the Prairies monsastery. I love going there. I actually want to enter there in a few years. I go there often to have retreats.
May God bless you.
Semper fidelis
Hello, Meo; what a lovely surprise to see your comment! Especially since I only have one online friend from Canada; most of my readers for some reason are American or European.
You are blessed to live so close to the monastery and be able to go for retreats there; it’s a place I’d truly love to visit sometime. And to think you may have a calling to be a Trappist; I wish you all the very best in your discernment of this calling. If you would like to read some of the nice comments people left about the monastery website, they are on my old blog; you can read them HERE, in my old Feb 07 archives, near the bottom of the page. (When I switched to St. Blog’s, the comments didn’t get transferred). God bless you, Meo.
Hello Gabrielle,
On reading the old comments on your old blog. I can tell you there are 2 postulants and 3 novices and 8 monks at the Our Lady of the Prairie Monastery. Its a simple place, but a great place. If you would like any pictures of there grotto and monastery, i can take them this summer.
Meo
Meo, avec un nom de famille comme Labossière, je pense que tu parles français? Oui, merci, j’aimerais avoir des photos! Mon couriel est sur la page “About” ici. C’est super qu’il y a deux postulants et trois novices. As-tu pris une décision, toi-même?
Oui tu as raison je parle très bien le français. Alors je vous envoie des photos. Dès la prochaine fois je vais au monastère je vais prendre des photos et vous les envoiers. Moi je vais entrès chez les Trappiste à Holland, Manitoba après que j’ai fini de payez mes dette scolaire.
Méo
Alors, c’est la même situation que Neven, dans ma poste d’hier.
Mais bonne chance, Méo; félicitations pour ta décision. Je te garde dans mes prières, et merci en avance pour les photos.