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Thomas Merton, Fuga Mundi & the Benedict Option – Fuga Mundi Series, Part 5

Posted on April 3, 2016April 14, 2016 by Craig

Thomas Merton’s fuga mundi, or “flight from the world,” was a complex and multi-faceted thing. When I envisioned this series back in the fall I had to idea it would end where it did. I didn’t ever think that [ . . . ]

Star Wars and Monasticism: A Fuga Mundi Series Extra

Posted on January 16, 2016January 16, 2016 by Craig

A recent post over at ChurchPOP about the conversion to Catholicism of famed actor Alec Guinness (a.k.a Obi-Wan “Ben” Kanobi) got me thinking about the monastic dimension of the whole Star Wars saga. The picture at the top of the [ . . . ]

St. Benedict of Nursia – Fuga Mundi Series, Part 3

Posted on December 20, 2015 by Craig

Welcome to the third installment of the Fuga Mundi Series. Christians have always been faced with the challenge of how to be “in the world, but not of the world.” The Latin phrase for this is fuga mundi, which literally [ . . . ]

Pachomius the Great: Fuga Mundi Series, Part 2

Posted on December 13, 2015December 20, 2015 by Craig

Welcome to the second installment of the Fuga Mundi Series. Christians have always been faced with the challenge of how to be “in the world, but not of the world.” The Latin phrase for this is fuga mundi, which [ . . . ]

St. Antony the Great: Fuga Mundi Series, Part 1

Posted on December 5, 2015December 13, 2015 by Craig

Welcome to the first installment of the Fuga Mundi Series with St. Antony the Great. Here and over the next few weeks I’ll be reflecting on the paradox that withdrawal from the world is what allows us as Christians to [ . . . ]

Fuga Mundi Series: In the World But Not of the World

Posted on November 29, 2015January 7, 2016 by Craig

Looking at some of the best examples of how Christians have successfully lived in the world but not of the world.

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Thomas Merton, Fuga Mundi & the Benedict Option – Fuga Mundi Series, Part 5

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