The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-03-20
The Benedicsine Abbey of Monte Casino

we copy from the Dublin Freeman,s .1oy.,o
the following from it's Italian corresnondent
J. Inc letter from which lit is taken ia ouito IN
teresting, but we have been Obliged tn abrido.
1t, from want of space:
am writing from beneath tho bos,;to,,o
sneIter OF this magnificent institut ionMone
an1.ngst the largest, the most ancient. as IL ia
establishments existing in the world IT, :;
now past nine o'clock at night, and IA r wr;ts
sIeo S,ence and solitarineos of the place are
great solemn toned bell of the convent sonnS All
~n ,,lss summons So for the day. The evening
t Payers OF the inmates were then recited. and
'he community has retired to rest ~
It's Industrious founder ST Renedi. ,,
~; 70" e nave CHOSEN more fitting spot than
cnnte,Dn1a 'ne exercise of modification and of
.nose literary labors and bodily tolls flat for
,he rule OF life for the distinguished order tht
biI1s HIS name .I, Situated on the top of a lofty
hiiImofe than fifteen hundred feet above Thy
level of the plain below-in the ,n;Js so Sno
chain OF mountains, fIom off MANY Of Vice.
snn has s sne snow low Is never melted, Monte c.
.i'nes, OF religion and of literature. and bnoI
less OF personal comforts, unmindfnI Of nor.
, nomnt Iardships, its long line of venerable
put oenefcent pursuits that began by sawine !
from ruin the literature of the Paoayy ,ar;n
= ,u u. Inc sacred writings of the Apostles. and
nave continued, even down to our dav I,y in :
cSIeasing and illustrating the literature of the .
Christian world. In this great caresr the :
order of st. Benedict have never been Lno =
TO latter, and wherever it's members are soat = =
lered throughout the universe thew seem 49, ~ l.
remember that, far as in them lies IL 10 IT,; =
ilnty to sustain the historical plores Of thoir =
Monte Casino. eiies vi their
:, we arrived by train from Naples abopt ~ n
IIiock, at the little village of San Germann | %
rnich III prettiiy situated the foot of Monte ri
,'tSlo ana from which the ascent to the mon ri
stery Is to be begun. After a ride of an hon a,
nt "a quarter we reached the top, and assured g,
the scene that spread itself ont beCnra -, q,
'as glorious one. Below us Law the w;iie, mS 81
,Ith It's little church and spiTe it's go,
ueets and its thickly -clustered COTTAGES W. r.
ere Kindly welcomed to the monaster,, ,rato ~
ermisslon for us to enter was soon oI,yy 1870
'e were consigned to the charge of ono Of H. oo
tn Oh Ine Convent, and conducted by him ar.
'ho sParIinent where each of ia were tn sir
eeP. The flooring is of tiles, and n cornet "a sn
lot oluden luxury in Casino. OF course Tbcra ! ,,c
enc hreplaees in the rooms and nnvhnd, vii
nose existence depends on a hot airt,i,c ~, !,
> Der had better not-asiz for 6osni IN,
i'S IN convent of 81. Benedict There ;s- ed
efeE' one little cit of vanity that the GOOD ,,ro
'hSIs 'hiSht permit one to indulge in wifhin sce
I precincts OF this auStere inciosure There ami
. poupIe VINO abhor lengthy beard-there ou.
m1ny whose blood grows cold at the vary, H.
ought of growing moustachc,- for oil ~ ~.
IS Oh such "a Character the cUnventunl rnios ! D.
ght be a tribe broken in upon and som. CO., III
i"oN' hS-giass provided for them-in tbe;, scn,
i'"'ieits. = " leap iii the darkH NAV a.. - = :,
'SeIonS experiment., but q shave i'm the dari, ,cI,
u more ~ S''Ssl 10 ceiH
liter u brief and unsatisfactory toilet we lid