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These are the readings we will consider throughout the year as we live together in community during the coming year. Some of these selections are in the “Community Reader”, which remains always incomplete, and some should be read separately in Vanier’s book or in the Bible. All of these will be considered at some point during the next year and it would be beneficial if at least some of it was read over the summer to lay some groundwork for our discussion.
- Community And Growth, Jean Vanier
- The Acts of the Apostles, St. Luke
- The Gospels, SS Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
In Community Reader
- MCF Vista House, Mission Statement and Vision
- Selections from the writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- “The Unbeliever and Christians” from Resistance, Rebellion, and Death, Albert Camus
- “The Pleasures of Eating” and “What are people for?” from “What are people for?”, Wendell Berry
- “Community” from Life Together, Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- “Does community have a value?” from Home Economics, Wendell Berry
- selections from The Rule of Saint Benedict, Saint Benedict of Nursia
- “Where creativity meets spirituality”, from 27 December 2003, Charlotte Observer
- “The Riddle of the Ordinary” from Art and Ardor, Cynthia Ozick
- selections from The Seven-Storey Mountain, New Seeds of Contemplation, Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander, and The Wisdom of the Desert, Thomas Merton
- “Christianity and the Survival of Creation”, from Sex, Economy, Freedom, and Community, Wendell Berry
- “Culture High and Dry” and “A Surfeit of Fine Art” from The Culture We Deserve, Jacques Barzun
- Two articles on Jean Vanier and l’Arche from National Catholic Reporter, 6/9/2004
- “Accepting the Embrace of God: The Ancient Art of Lectio Divina”, Fr Luke, OSB