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Talking About End-of-Life Decisions With Your Parent

When we were children and adolescents, our parents had the challenging responsibility of talking with us about difficult topics. Teaching us the facts of life, guiding us to choose good friends, and cautioning us about smoking and drug use were never easy discussions to have. Raising these topics was doubly hard

04Apr

Reverence: The Image of God Respected

“The younger monks must respect their seniors, and the seniors must love their juniors.” —The Rule of St. Benedict, Ch. 63 The monastery cemetery is a place of order. Four quadrants of seven rows each; nice neat rows of markers, each bearing a name and two dates; and in the middle, overlooking everything with

08Mar

Francis of Assisi Embracing “Sister Death” With Hope

Birth and death provide the bookends on our lives. Yet we live in a culture that often fails to recognize death as an integral part of life. We can become so focused on the obvious negative aspects of death—separation from loved ones, the perceived darkness of death, fear that death’s approach will be unbearably

07Feb

Dignity: The Image of God Acknowledged

“Care of the sick must rank above and before all else, so that they may truly be served as Christ …” —The Rule of St. Benedict, Ch. 36 Among the scenes painted on the east wall of the Chapter Room at Saint Meinrad Archabbey is one of a monk who is dying in his bed. Several other monks surround him, one of whom is

04Jan

Giving Your Worries to God

“I can’t. God can. I think I’ll let God.” I came upon those words at the bottom of the last pile of psychology and religion and self-help books I was going to consult. I came upon them behind the door of the last doctor’s office I could force myself to visit. I came upon them on the lips of the umpteenth caring

14Dec

Finding Comfort for Your Grief in Christmas Traditions

As the holiday classic by Meredith Wilson merrily observes, “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!” Houses twinkle with thousands of lights and through windows you can see the glow of Christmas trees. Cheery holiday tunes are playing nearly everywhere you go. Shops are filled with holiday shoppers and

28Nov

Hope: The Confidence in Something Unseen

“Never lose hope in God’s mercy.” —The Rule of St. Benedict, Ch. 4 At one point in the ceremony in which a monk makes his final profession, he chants this verse from the Psalms: “Uphold me, O Lord, according to your promise and I shall live. And do not confound me in my expectation.” Then he lays face down on the

19Sep

Grief: The Loss of Something Good

“Day by day remind yourself that you are going to die.” —The Rule of St. Benedict, Ch. 4 Bell no. 5 tolls … One stroke for each year of profession … A monk has died. The toll of the bell is the way death is announced in the life of the monastery. The bell has scarcely finished tolling out the years before the

05Sep

Questions to Consider Before You Prepay

You may have considered preplanning, or even prepaying, for your funeral arrangements. Planning for your funeral, or the funeral of a loved one, in advance can help you make informed decisions. If you plan to prepay for your funeral expenses, the Federal Trade Commission suggests considering these issues before

22Aug

Saint Meinrad Archabbey Wetlands Reserve Program

In the spring of 2007, Saint Meinrad Archabbey converted about 375 acres of crop and pasture land into forest in cooperation with the Natural Resource Conservation Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, through its Wetlands Reserve Program. The program seeks to sustain wetlands, especially for the sake of

Abbey Caskets’ Blog

Talking About End-of-Life Decisions With Your Parent

Reverence: The Image of God Respected

Francis of Assisi Embracing “Sister Death” With Hope

Dignity: The Image of God Acknowledged

Giving Your Worries to God

Finding Comfort for Your Grief in Christmas Traditions

Hope: The Confidence in Something Unseen

Grief: The Loss of Something Good

Questions to Consider Before You Prepay

Saint Meinrad Archabbey Wetlands Reserve Program

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