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St. Benedict Sesquimillennium Celebrated in Europe and the U.S. in 1980

Symposia, exhibitions and liturgical events will commemorate the 1500th anniversary of the birth of St. Benedict, father of monasticism in Western civilization. Both the British Museum and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. have prepared exhibits to celebrate the event. Rare book exhibits will be shown at the Bodleian Library, Oxford and The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Still ongoing is an exhibition of Italian Renaissance works from the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington accompanied by a brochure tracing monastic themes in Renaissance art.

On June 15, Basil Cardinal Hume, Archbishop of Westminster, England and the highest ranking monk in the Roman Catholic hierarchy, will address Benedictine monks and nuns at the National Shrine in Washington. D.C., as part of a speaking tour of monasteries in the United States. The Cardinal will also participate from June 8 to 14 at Latrobe, Pennsylvania in a symposium on Benedictine monasticism.

Cambridge historian Owen Chadwick on October 4 will give an address at Catholic University in Washington, on “The Making of the Benedictine Ideal.”

For further information write to: Sesquimillennium Committee; St. Anselm’s Abbey; 4501 South Dakota Ave. NE; Washington D.C. 20017