{"product_id":"schools-for-the-lords-service-jerome-oetgen-9798400801419","title":"Schools for the Lord's Service: A History of the American-Cassinese Congregation of Benedictine Monasteries 1855-2023","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn inspiring narrative history of the oldest congregation of Benedictine monasteries in the United States.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Commissioned by the American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation, \u003ci\u003eSchools for the Lord's Service\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive narrative history of the oldest congregation of Benedictine monasteries in the United States. In vivid detail, it describes how monasteries of the American-Cassinese Congregation initiated monastic life in North America according to the Rule of St. Benedict and how, in doing so, they have engaged for nearly 170 years with the American Catholic Church, the global Benedictine Order, the Holy See, and American society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Following a Benedictine tradition that stretches back to the early Middle Ages, American-Cassinese monks spread out from Pennsylvania to establish monasteries throughout the United States. Led by Boniface Wimmer, a visionary monk from the Bavarian abbey of Metten, the Benedictines introduced monastic observance according to the Rule of St. Benedict in these monasteries, and from them they founded missions, parishes, and schools where they continue to carry on pastoral, educational, and missionary apostolates in the service of the people of God. Comprised of twenty-five monasteries located in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and Taiwan, the legacy and spirit of the American-Cassinese Benedictines continues to reinforce and complement the words of Abbot Boniface Wimmer who constantly exhorted his Benedictine brothers and sisters, \"Forward, always forward.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jerome Oetgen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798400801419\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liturgical Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/08\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 682\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.45w x 1.93d","brand":"Jerome Oetgen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46420691190015,"sku":"9798400801419","price":69.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4b84b057-b7fa-4358-8478-e61f04c060ea.jpg?v=1734635382","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/schools-for-the-lords-service-jerome-oetgen-9798400801419","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}