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1. THE DESERT (250-450) 1) Hermits and Cenobites 2) Pachomian asceticism and Antonian (Athanasian) theosis 3) Urban service (Basil) and Syrian asceticism 2. ADAPTING THE DESERT (400-600) 1) Barsanuphius and John; availability for Direction 2) Cassian and Lerins: the beginnings of Western monastic theology 3) Benedict: reformed monasticism and the vision of a new society 3. MISSION, RECONCILIATION, LEADERSHIP (600-800) 1) Patrick, Aidan, Columban, Boniface 2) Irish Penitentials and presbyteral confession 3) Gregory the Great: can monks be leaders? 4. NEW VISIONS (800-1000) 1) Benedict of Aniane: a vision of congregational monasticism 2) Anselm, Scotus Erigena, Gregorian Chant: theology and mystical vision 3) Cluny: leadership and liturgy 4) Canons and Early Hermit Orders (the Camaldolese)
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5. THE NEW ORDERS (1000-1300) 1) Citeaux: a return to monastic simplicity 2) The Rise of the Canons Regular and Friars 3) New Benedictine Quasi-Hermit Congregations (Sylvestrines, Celestines) 6. CONGREGATIONS (1300-1500) 1) St. Justina (Italian Cassinese), Valladolid (Spain), Bursfeld (Germany) 2) The Vannists (France) 7. MONKS AND THE NEW LEARNING (1500-1800) 1) The Maurists 2) Armand de Rancé and Le Trappe 3) The challenge of new non-monastic orders 8. REFOUNDATION and RENEWAL (1800- 1) Benedictine restoration: Solesmes, Beuron, Subiaco 2) Benedictine Mission: American Cassinese; Ottilien; Annunciation 3) Trappist Renewal 4) Thomas Merton and the rise of Trappist scholarship
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This Webpage was created for a workshop held at Saint Andrew's Abbey, Valyermo, California in 1999
