Monks in the age of coronavirus: ‘It goes against our ethos to be closed up’

Dom Richard Purcell, Abbot of Mount Melleray Abbey in Co Waterford. Photograph: Patrick Browne/The Irish Times Some 1,500 years ago, Benedict of Nursia encouraged followers to welcome all guests appearing on their doorstep. Known as the Rule of St Benedict, it is an edict followed closely by the Cistercian Trappist monks of Mount Melleray. Today, however, the rule stands in conflict with the Gover

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“ Some 1,500 years ago, Benedict of Nursia encouraged followers to welcome all guests appearing on their doorstep. Known as the Rule of St Benedict, ”

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修道院は感染対策どうしてるんだろうと思ってたら、アイリッシュタイムズが記事を。ウォーターフォードの修道院、190年の歴史で初めて参詣者を断る。神の家は開けておかないといけないので苦しい気持ち。