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Western Michigan University. Center for Cistercian and Monastic Studies

 Organization

Biography

The center was established in 2010 as a research center under the aegis of the Medieval Institute as the successor to the Institute of Cistercian Studies, which had been founded in 1973 as a cooperative venture between Western Michigan University and Cistercian Publications, Inc. Center for Cistercian and Monastic Studies Website.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

M. Basil Pennington OCSO Archive

 Collection
Identifier: 01-exws_mbpennington
Abstract

Papers of Father M. Basil Pennington, OCSO, TrappistĀ  monk who wrote extensively on Catholic contemplative practices and was associated with the Centering Prayer movement at St. Joseph's Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts. Drafts and typescripts of articles and books, serials and periodicals containing articles by or about Pennington, notes, correspondence, multi-media, also includes genealogical research concerning the Pennington family.

Dates: 1951-2003; Majority of material found within 1964-2000; Other: Date acquired: 12/07/1995