Title: Reflections,%20Resources%20and%20Recommendations
1Reflections, Resources and Recommendations
- For Oblates and other Benedictines Venturing on
the Web - Lucie Johnson, OblSB and Richard Oliver, OSB
- July 28-30, 2001
2Three Themes
- The webpage as a dwelling principles of
cyberhospitality - Sharing information, teaching, transmitting text
resources for Oblates - Using the web to create community
3Section One Cyberhospitality
- Let all guests who arrive be received like
Christ, for He is going to say, I came as a
guest, and you received Me (Matt. 2535).
4Lucies (once-upon-a-time) Approach to Web Page
design
- Look Ma what I can do!!!
- Web page as product
- Where I am compelled to be
- cool and sport the latest.
- I cant do this!!! Lets forget it.
5Another View
- A web page at its best becomes a welcoming portal
for those who are searching for different kinds
of information. - The web weaver builds and maintains a
comfortable, accessible, updated space. - The web porter manages the questions,
inquiries, communications.
6Resources for Web Weavers
- www.osb.org/welcome.html
- General philosophy and links to helpful sites.
- http//employees.csbsju.edu/roliver/scrip/
- The Scriptorium, Abbey Web Office
- practical tips for HTML authors
7Resources for Web Porters
- Webkeepers Twenty-first Century Monastic
Porters by Diana Seago, OSB, and Linda Herndon,
OSB in Benedictines www.mountosb.org/cyberporters.
html - Benedictine Internet Report (Jan. 1998)
www.osb.org/bic/report.html
8Message and Technique what is your goal?
- A technically sophisticated site
- http//www.farnboroughabbey.org/
- A simple site
- http//www.benedictinesisters.org/
- An intermediate site
- http//www.sbm.osb.org/
9Section TwoTransmitting Information
- ...let all occupy themselves
- in reading RB 48.
10Scribes Old and Newhttp//employees.csbsju.edu/ro
liver/scrip/scriptoria.html
- Complaints
- fatigue
- not creative
- boring text
- Blessings
- lectio divina
- indoors
- stability
- Complaints
- standards
- browsers
- hack work
- Blessings
- lectio divina
- worldwide
- Stability
11Academic and Spiritual Resources
- Saint Benedict
- Rule of Benedict
- Dialogues, Bk II
- Bibliographies
- ABA AMN
- General Information
- Liturgy Chant
- Whats New
- RB Daily
- Daily Reflection
- Universalis
- Blue Cloud
- Lectio Divina
- Retreat Centers
- Oblate Formation
- Websites
12Useful Information for Oblates
13Good Oblates Reference Site
- From the OSB website,
- information and links about Oblates
www.osb.org/obl/
14 Manual, Constitutions for Oblates
- Saint Vincent Archabbey, PA Formation Manual
www.osb.org/sva/obl/ - Saint Andrews Abbey, CA What it Means to
be an Oblate, and Oblate Constitutions www.valyer
mo.com/oblates1.html
15 Camaldolese Oblates
- The eremetical branch of the Benedictines
includes a Rule for Oblates - www.camaldolese.com/
16Internet Oblates
- Oblates of the
- World Community for Christian Meditation.
(Laurence Freeman, OSB, Monastery of Christ the
King , - London, England )
- www.wccm.org/obl01.html
17Lay Benedictine Spirituality
- Listening and Responding Benedictine
Spirituality in Non-monastic Contexts by Wil
Derkse www.stthomas.edu/cathstudies/logos/derkse.h
tml - Catholic, Benedictine Values in an Educational
Environment by John Klassen, OSB Emmanuel
Renner, OSB and Mary Reuter, OSB
www.osb.org/acad/benval1.html
18Of Historical Interest
- The Origin of the Oblates www.saintjohnsabbey.
org/obl/info/oblhistory.html
19Oblate Newsletters On Line
20Various Styles of Newsletters
- Saint Walburga Abbey www.walburga.org/oblates.html
- St Procopius Abbey www.procopius.org/Events/Past_E
vents/Abbey_Publications/The_Oblate_News_letter/th
e_oblate_news_letter.html - Saint Johns Abbey www.osb.org/oblate/
- WCCM (not public just a fragment)
http//www.wccm.org/via0797.html - Some monasteries (like Blue Cloud) use a listserve
21Prayer and Spirituality
- "In the sight of the Angels
- I will sing praise to You"
- (Ps. 137), RB 19.
22The Liturgy of the Hours (1)
- Reading and Psalm Cycle for the Liturgy of the
Hours, from Mount St Scholastica in Atchinson,
Kansas (with commentaries for the readings)
www.mountosb.org/LOH/ - Exellent resource about short breviaries
www.kellerbook.com/
23Liturgy of the Hours (2)
- You can pray the liturgy of the hours from your
computer screen at www.universalis.com - You can listen to the liturgy of the hours at
www.monksofadoration.org/audiolit.html
24Monastic Spirituality
- New Mellerays Primer on Monastic Spirituality
contains instructions on lectio divina and
contemplative prayer. - The URL below will take you to their index page,
scroll down to find the primer link under Our
Cistercian Vocation. www.osb.org/cist/melleray/pr
imer.html
25Contemplative Spirituality (1)
- An Interreligious site by David Steindl-Rast, OSB
www.gratefulness.org/
- A wonderful prayer site by the Irish Jesuits
www.jesuit.ie/prayer/
26Contemplative Spirituality (2)
- The site of the Taize community. Contains the
songs and prayer instructions. http//www.taize.fr
/en/index.htm - Instruction and information on centering prayer
http//www.centeringprayer.com/
27Section 3 cybercommunity
- ...for the strongest kind of monks,
- the Cenobites (RB1).
28Benedictine Interest Listserves
- OSB-L at listserv_at_vm.marist.edu Low volume
general Benedictine list - MonasticLife at http//groups.yahoo.com/ High
volume, lively list offshoot of OSB-L - Oblateforum at http//groups.yahoo.com/ A list
for Benedictine Oblates
29Benedictine-related Interests
- Center-l at listserv_at_maelstrom.stjohns.edu About
the practice of centering prayer. Quiet to lively - Interreligiousdialog at http//groups.yahoo.com/
loosely connected with MID, mostly book
discussion - And many others
30You Could Start Your Own Group
- It is easy to do at places like
http//groups.yahoo.com/ even if you are not
technically savvy, and dont have listserv
software - You could also run your own listserv, but the
advantage of the Yahoo site is that one can do
everything on the web, and ones mailbox does not
get cluttered
31Appendix
- Choosing an ISP
- Internet Service Provider
32Choosing an ISP / Web Server
- Setup Fee (rare? waived?)
- Monthly Fee (AOL 21.95/mo. 239/yr.)
- Duration (stability)
- Disk space / storage
- Hit limits
- Statistics (WebTrends, analysis software)
- E-mail 6-12 usernames AOL 5 screen names
- FTP (file transfer protocol)
33Choosing an ISP (2)
- HTTP 2 (hypertext transfer protocol)
- CGI (common gateway interface) or
- ASP (active server pages M)
- Active X
- XHTML
- Front Page Extensions
- Audio files
- Video streaming
- List management
- Chat
- Instant Messaging
34T h e E n d