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Brother Bruno Heisey, O.S.B., has published a new book, Saint Benedict and the Doomsday Cult. These fifteen musings consider how Christian monastic life can seem from inside and outside the cloister, not least whether monasteries in the Benedictine tradition exist to rescue society from a collapse of civilization. These essays range from Washington Irving observing nuns in Spain to Nicolas Diat inquiring about dying monks in France. Other examples include insights from C. S. Lewis and John Henry Newman. Last is a tribute to an admirer of the Benedictines, the late Pope Benedict XVI.
Brother Bruno’s other works include Over the Bent World: Reflections for Lent and Easter, Prayer Study and Work: Renewing the Benedictine Ideal, and Yet All Shall Be Well, both published by Sacred Winds Press; Saint Vincent Seminary: From Its Origins to the Present, published by Archabbey Publications; the introduction to the book Forward, Always Forward: The History and Construction of the Wimmer Monument, published by Archabbey Publications. He has published widely in such publications as The American Benedictine Review, Cistercian Studies Quarterly, and Homiletic and Pastoral Review. In 2023, he was asked to join the editorial board of American Benedictine Review.
