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I’d encourage everyone to check out the Abbey of Regina Laudis monastic internship program. Laura and I will be putting off marriage for a year after I leave SGA so I can do this. Well, maybe not; but seriously: it’s something I’m recommending to the graduating SGAers, and it sounds like a boat I would have jumped on, if I’d known about it, upon graduating from UD.

Land Stewardship: Animal Husbandry (beef and dairy cattle, oxen, sheep, swine), Beekeeping, Composting, Dairy Management and Dairy Products, including the celebrated Bethlehem Cheese; Ecological Initiatives; Hay Field and Pasture Management; Horticulture (vegetables, herbs, ornamentals, small fruits); Orchard and Tree Care; Woodlot ManagementMonastic Arts: Bookbinding, Candle- making, Carpentry, Food Processing and Preserving, Leather Working, Pottery, Theater, Visual Arts, Weaving and Spinning Monastic Studies: Gregorian Chant, Latin, Monastic History, Monastic Liturgy, Monastic Theology, Scripture Studies, Ritual and Creation, The Rule of St. Benedict

he Monastic Internship Program is open to men and women who are 18 years of age or older. Enrollment is limited. Acceptance is discerned through a process of personal interviews and time spent at the Abbey, as well as through a written application. The interns live in housing provided by the Abbey and are invited to share as guests in the rhythm of work and prayer that structures the life of the community, though no religious affiliation is required. The Internship may begin at any time of the year,but requires a full year’s commitment. A shorter term introductory Monastic Practicum is also available. The Internship Program is certified to accept international students.

Bookbinding? Beekeeping? Gregorian Chant? Cheesemaking? If the internship is as good as advertised, we all need to go there!