Junior Directors Meet at Mepkin
With great joy, the Mepkin Community welcomed the Junior Directors of the USA Region to Mepkin from July 20 – 26 for their 2015 meeting. They shared our life for this week, coming to our celebration of the Hours and Mass and eating with us. Our meals were especially enjoyed by all as we had speaking meals each day for our main meal at noon and for supper. Breakfast remained in silence.
A further joy was that each evening before Compline two of the directors spoke to the Mepkin community about their own Houses.
Those present were: Father Thomas of Vina, California; Father Dick of Guadalupe, Oregon; Mother Gail of Mississippi, Iowa; Father Carlos of Gethsemani, Kentucky; Brother Cassian of Conyers, Georgia; Sister Barbara of Crozet, Virginia; Father James of Spencer, Massachusetts; and Sister Bonitas of Wrentham, Massachusetts.
All experienced the vibrancy of our Order and it made our daily Prayer for Monastic Vocations to take on a new life.