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Monastic and religious life

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

"Aspects of Monasticism" copy 1, galley proof, 1978

 Item — Box 41, Folder: 1, Object: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection is divided into four series: 1) Audio-visual materials 2) Graphic materials 3) The M. Basil Pennington, OCSO Papers - 236 archival boxes and 4) The Pennington Family Collection - 50 archival boxes. The first three series cover the career of Father M. Basil Pennington, OCSO (1931-2005) as a Trappist monk and focuses largely on his writings and presentations on centering prayer, as well as his involvement in ecumenism and interfaith relations. It is comprised primarily of...
Dates: Publication: 1978

"Aspects of Monasticism" copy 2, galley proof, 1978

 Item — Box 41, Folder: 2, Object: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection is divided into four series: 1) Audio-visual materials 2) Graphic materials 3) The M. Basil Pennington, OCSO Papers - 236 archival boxes and 4) The Pennington Family Collection - 50 archival boxes. The first three series cover the career of Father M. Basil Pennington, OCSO (1931-2005) as a Trappist monk and focuses largely on his writings and presentations on centering prayer, as well as his involvement in ecumenism and interfaith relations. It is comprised primarily of...
Dates: Publication: 1978

Brochure: "Listen to the Silence: A Christian Way of Living at the Abbey of the Holy Trinity"

 Item — Box 17, Folder: 13, Object: 1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains photographs, picture postcards, slides and negatives from M. Basil Pennington's worldwide travels to summits, conferences and symposiums. Also included are snapshots from his visits to abbeys and monasteries around the world and the buildings and people seen there.

Dates: 1951-2003; Majority of material found within 1964-2000; Other: Date acquired: 12/07/1995

Cistercian Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 01-exws_cistercian
Abstract

Printed pamphlets, articles, brochures, post cards and a few videos relating to Cistercian history and the history of the Roman Catholic Church. Most of the materials are related to the history or observances of specific monasteries and convents and figures important in Cistercian or Roman Catholic history, in general.

Dates: 1828-2008; Other: Majority of material found within 1880-1990; Other: Date acquired: 1972

"Contemplative Life," galley proof, 1973

 Item — Box 41, Folder: 3, Object: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection is divided into four series: 1) Audio-visual materials 2) Graphic materials 3) The M. Basil Pennington, OCSO Papers - 236 archival boxes and 4) The Pennington Family Collection - 50 archival boxes. The first three series cover the career of Father M. Basil Pennington, OCSO (1931-2005) as a Trappist monk and focuses largely on his writings and presentations on centering prayer, as well as his involvement in ecumenism and interfaith relations. It is comprised primarily of...
Dates: Publication: 1973

Holy Transformation [Transfiguration?] Monastery, Windsor, NY. Envelope 1

 File — Box 6, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains photographs, picture postcards, slides and negatives from M. Basil Pennington's worldwide travels to summits, conferences and symposiums. Also included are snapshots from his visits to abbeys and monasteries around the world and the buildings and people seen there.

Dates: 1951-2003; Majority of material found within 1964-2000; Other: Date acquired: 12/07/1995

M. Basil Pennington OCSO Archive

 Collection
Identifier: 01-exws_mbpennington
Abstract

Papers of Father M. Basil Pennington, OCSO, TrappistĀ  monk who wrote extensively on Catholic contemplative practices and was associated with the Centering Prayer movement at St. Joseph's Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts. Drafts and typescripts of articles and books, serials and periodicals containing articles by or about Pennington, notes, correspondence, multi-media, also includes genealogical research concerning the Pennington family.

Dates: 1951-2003; Majority of material found within 1964-2000; Other: Date acquired: 12/07/1995

Memo pad labeled "The Monastic Way", 1988

 Item — Box 19, Folder: 20, Object: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection is divided into four series: 1) Audio-visual materials 2) Graphic materials 3) The M. Basil Pennington, OCSO Papers - 236 archival boxes and 4) The Pennington Family Collection - 50 archival boxes. The first three series cover the career of Father M. Basil Pennington, OCSO (1931-2005) as a Trappist monk and focuses largely on his writings and presentations on centering prayer, as well as his involvement in ecumenism and interfaith relations. It is comprised primarily of...
Dates: 1988

"One Yet Two: Monastic Traditions East and West," galley proof, 1975

 Item — Box 42, Folder: 6, Object: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection is divided into four series: 1) Audio-visual materials 2) Graphic materials 3) The M. Basil Pennington, OCSO Papers - 236 archival boxes and 4) The Pennington Family Collection - 50 archival boxes. The first three series cover the career of Father M. Basil Pennington, OCSO (1931-2005) as a Trappist monk and focuses largely on his writings and presentations on centering prayer, as well as his involvement in ecumenism and interfaith relations. It is comprised primarily of...
Dates: 1975

Our Lady of Joy Monastery, Island of Lantau, Hong Kong. Envelope 1

 File — Box 6, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains photographs, picture postcards, slides and negatives from M. Basil Pennington's worldwide travels to summits, conferences and symposiums. Also included are snapshots from his visits to abbeys and monasteries around the world and the buildings and people seen there.

Dates: 1951-2003; Majority of material found within 1964-2000; Other: Date acquired: 12/07/1995