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Sr. Pascale-Dominique Nau, OP
This three-part article considers the Instruction "Cor orans" (May 15, 2018), an Instruction which applies Pope Francis' Apostolic Constitution "Vultum Dei Quaerere" of July 22, 2016), which affects communities of nuns. The three parts... more
This three-part article considers the Instruction "Cor orans" (May 15, 2018), an Instruction which applies Pope Francis' Apostolic Constitution "Vultum Dei Quaerere" of July 22, 2016), which affects communities of nuns. The three parts look respectively at the background, content, and implications of "Cor orans".
http://inpress.lib.uiowa.edu/feminae/MonthTranslation.aspx. Featured as the November Translation of the Month (2022) in Feminae on the Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index website. Did you hear the one about the Mother Superior who was so busy casting the first stone that she got caught in flagrante delicto with her lover? What about the drunk with a Savior complex who was fool enough to believe himself to be the Second Coming? And that’s nothing compared to what happens when comedy gets its grubby paws on the confessional in Confessions of a Medieval Drama Queen and Blue Confessions. Welcome to the world of what I’ve typically called “the long Middle Ages.” Fifteenth- and sixteenth-century French farce was the “bestseller” of its day and it stands to tell us a lot about the sources of the humor of a Shakespeare or a Molière. It’s the world of Immaculate Deception, the third volume of my series of stage-friendly translations, featuring twelve more obscene, over-the-top, sacrilegious satires, each targeting religious hypocrisy in that in-your-face way that only true slapstick can muster. At long last and after many months of COVID-wrought delays, Volume 3 of the farces seems headed out into the world. If anyone is interested in an actual or virtual workshop, please let me know. I might be able to share a sneak peek of the script.
Recensión (en español) de dicho libro (traducción española del original italiano).
The significance of Zen monastic life for environmental protection
As part of the reconstruction of the library of the Carmelites of Mainz an anthology of Melanchthoniana was discovered, which were protected by the Carmelites of Mainz by sewing together before the reception in the convent. This form of... more
Recensión (en español) de dicho libro (en italiano).
This article analyses the letter that Augustine wrote a letter to Laetus, a Catholic layman from Africa who had entered a monastery but left after his father’s death because of his attachment to his mother and his family. While trying to... more
This article analyses the letter that Augustine wrote a letter to Laetus, a Catholic layman from Africa who had entered a monastery but left after his father’s death because of his attachment to his mother and his family. While trying to console him for the struggle he was going through, Augustine pointed out to the young man that he needed to order his love in the right way so that human affections would not stop him from achieving his resolve to embrace the monastic life. However, despite his call for family renunciation, Augustine exhorted Laetus to observe a certain degree of family loyalty. He was called to give any property he intended to free himself of to his mother and siblings and thus liberate his neck from the burden of any family attachment. We contend that Laetus’ predicament is still a reality today in religious life and that Augustine’s answer is relevant to us even in our context.
As part of the reconstruction of the library of the Carmelites of Mainz an anthology of Melanchthoniana was discovered, which were protected by the Carmelites of Mainz by sewing together before the reception in the convent. This form of... more
As part of the reconstruction of the library of the Carmelites of Mainz an anthology of Melanchthoniana was discovered, which were protected by the Carmelites of Mainz by sewing together before the reception in the convent. This form of pragmatic censorship was so far observed only relatively rarely.
This text examines the way of life of two groups of monks in eighth century Ireland, discussing whether their respective understanding of monastic life can be classed as genuinely 'community' or whether they are more accurately seen as a... more
This text examines the way of life of two groups of monks in eighth century Ireland, discussing whether their respective understanding of monastic life can be classed as genuinely 'community' or whether they are more accurately seen as a 'life-style enclave', under headings such as 'obedience' and 'prayer'.
This paper is an exegesis of the fourth step of humility in the Rule of Benedict examining the text, the context and function and the internal structure of the fourth step. This paper reviews the background sources and the scriptural... more
This paper is an exegesis of the fourth step of humility in the Rule of Benedict examining the text, the context and function and the internal structure of the fourth step. This paper reviews the background sources and the scriptural passages used by Benedict. The paper includes modern interpretations from various authors