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Monks Embrace the Web
The New York Times posted an interesting article on a group of Benedictine monks who, though cloistered, are hopping online in order to raise awareness about their monastery and their way of life. The monks of the Portsmouth Abbey in Portsmouth, R.I. are online and The Internet has allowed for communities that are enclosed to open virtual doors to the world. They are then able to reach people that might not ordinarily have bump into in and around the monastery.
“If 500 years ago, blogging existed, the monks would have found a way to make use of it,” Abbot Holmes said. “Our power is very limited. In the end it’s God who is calling people to himself and calling to people to live in union with him. But that doesn’t mean that we can’t do our part.”
For some, the technological approach to advertising and marketing may seem at odds with the image of an almost hermitlike monastic existence. Not so, say the monks. The use of technology and social media has been embraced even by the Vatican, which has its own YouTube channel and a Facebook page dedicated to the beatification of Pope John Paul II. (source: “Monks Embrace Web to Reach Recruits” by Tanzina Vega in The New York Times on April 17, 2011)
The monks of Portsmouth Abbey welcomes new members interested in becoming a monk or an oblate.
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Affirmation, if any were needed, of what you’re doing with A Nun’s Life ministry! But these guys ain’t got nothin’ on you, Sistahs! Glad to see technology being used in the service of God’s work!
LOVED THIS!