Notes and reflections

* I would like to begin sharing with you all thoughts that are arising from my ongoing process.  Since we met there has been much stirring and moving and unsettling, and I want to be transparent and collaborative as things unfold.  Please feel free to engage the discussion.

8.17.11

*The emphasis on one central location for prayer is unhelpful.  It is inevitably exclusive.  Instead of 1112 W. 10th St. being THE place where the canon community prayers are centered, perhaps it can be simply the first instance of a home oratory where the schedule (Lauds and Vespers) is followed.  One central task that each canon takes on, then, can be setting up her/his own oratory in which to join in the community prayers each day. 

*The vision document does not contain much by way of charism or inspiration, which is really the place where the discussion should start.  What is the spiritual nature of a call to a religious life?  Why would the Spirit be moving in this way in our community?  How will entering into a religious life by way of a Benedictine canon community bring about the deepest longings of my soul?