Saint John’s Bible Print Exhibition Opening Event
Reservations suggested. Limited seating. Purchase now ...
4-5 PM
Registration - the lower plaza
View the Exhibition - Trotter Chapel, Linder Lounge, Sanctuary
"The Illuminator" documentary - Music Center
5-6 PM
Lectures - Sanctuary
Rev. Greg LaDue, Master of Ceremonies
Video Clip
Abbot Charles Wright, Prince of Peace Abbey, Oceanside, CA - Reflections on The Saint John's Bible.
Abbot Charles will relate the vital part that Holy Scripture played in St. Benedict's writing of his Rule for Monks and how monasticism, following the Rule of Benedict, offered the freedom and opportunity to so many monastic scholars, calligraphers and artists to accomplish such feats as illuminated Bibles before Guttenberg.
Abbot Charles Wright, O.S.B., was born in Western New York and moved to California with his family in the 1950's. He graduated from La Jolla High School and attended San Diego State University for four years. Abbott Charles worked in Los Angeles for several years and served in the U.S. Army in Germany. After his service time he joined the monastery in Oceanside. (It was called St. Charles Priory at that time). He attended seminaries in Indiana and Oregon respectively. He was ordained in 1970 after receiving a B. A. and M.A. in Theology.
In 1983 the monastery became an abbey and the then Fr. Charles was appointed the Prior – assistant to the Abbot. After the Abbot retired in 1994, Fr. Charles was elected Abbot and has held that position ever since. He conducts retreats, offers spiritual direction and occasionally assists in parish ministry.
Rev. Mark Trotter, retired Senior Pastor, First Church - Symbolism of Selected Prints
Rev. Trotter will give a Biblical, theological interpretation of selected prints from the Saint John's Bible Exhibition.
6-8 PM
Hors d'oeurves - Linder Hall
View the Exhibition - Trotter Chapel, Linder Lounge, Sanctuary
"The Illuminator" documentary - Music Center
Starting on the lower plaza, register and receive your prgram/guidebook. View the exhibit and take in the 45 minute documentary, "The Illuminator," before or after the program that begins at 5 PM in the Sanctuary. Rev. Greg LaDue, Master of Ceremonies, will introduce our guest lecturers, Abbot Charles Wright, O.S.B. from Prince of Peace Abbey in Oceanside, CA and Rev. Mark Trotter, retired Senior Pastor of First Church. They will offer reflections and insights on the symbolism of selected exhibition illuminations.
Gospel of John Frontispiece and Incipit, Donald Jackson, Copyright 2002,
The Saint John’s Bible and the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library,
Order of Saint Benedict, Collegeville, Minnesota, USA.
