UPDATE: We no longer have rooms available at the Abbey.
Those wishing to participate may request a room reservation at:
Residence Hall at Benedictine College adjacent to the Abbey. Contact: Amanda Niemann at aniemann AT benedictine DOT edu (1-913-367-7853).
Monastic guest house of the Benedictine Sisters 2 miles distant. Contact Sr. Marcia Ziska, OSB, at mziska AT mountosb DOT org to reserve a room. She informs me of the following discounted rates for single rooms with a 3/4 bath between two rooms: $45.00 per night; $50.00 per night with breakfast; $7.00 supper.
AmericInn Hotel in Atchison (2 miles distant). Make reservations here.
If you have not yet registered and need to arrive by plane, you may wish to reserve a room in a residence hall of Benedictine College to avoid the need for a car.
The daily fee for participating in the event is $40.00, which now includes both lunch and supper to accommodate better those staying across town. Meals are taken in the monastic dining room following the custom of the monks
Lights and Delights
of the Latin language
both in 100 B.C. and 600 A.D.
as abound in the personal letters of
M.T. Cicero (106-43 B.C.)
and
Pope Gregory the Great (590-604 A.D.)
with
Fr. Reginald Foster OCD
Monday – Friday 19-23 May 2014
at St. Benedict’s Abbey
1020 North Second Street
Atchison, Kansas 66002, USA
More information available here.
Download a flyer here to post and shre with others.
DEVELOPMENT: Register online here through the development office of St. Benedict’s Abbey on their web-page: www.kansasmonks.org.
PERSONAL NOTE:
Studying and learning Latin from Cicero’s letters and writing this book are one of the life-long projects of Reginald, one of his Lights and Delights!
Reggie and Daniel are currently reviewing hundreds of pages of commentary they have already written on the Latin expression of Cicero in his letters. This week-long session provides the opportunity to present this material from other letters of Cicero so that they may test their pedagogy and revise the material as needed, and we all may learn from Cicero’s letters.
