The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-13
NEW HOME FOR BXILED MONKS
BENEDTCTINEs LEAVE FRANCE
FOR THE ISLE or WIGHT.
Take . House On . site wherc There VA
Monastery IN the Middle Age MANY
Other Reman athotic Ordcv Have
Their H~eadqparters In England.

Iucir henuuunftrn " H'st~"''
LONDON, sept. z.-In Fnnce they are
talking Of the exodus Of the oongrega-
tons. In England ono hears OF the religious
invasion OF the Isle 81 Wight. Both refer
90 the same movement. The French re-
ligious orders. or many Of them. are leav-
ing their congratulated homes In France
and seeking the hospitality 81 other lands
where they hope TO be free from inter
ference.
The cause Of this self exile. which In
assuming large proportions, IL the new
Associations law soon Ia 60 into force
In franos. Hitherto. certain religious
oonfratcrnitics In France have been author
ined. and others have been tolerated.
The now law makes II necc--ary for every
community to apply for authorization
Communities which refuse n apply. or
fail to get their applications granted, viii
L. dispersed. Tho result has been that
those orders % monks and nuns who pre-
fer exile Ia Government supervision have
for months past bsen making ready for
themselves homes In foreign lands, and
are now beginning to move into them.
Two OF these bodies. both Benedictinse
one consisting of some eighty monks.
and the other n sister community of nuns,
have established themelves In the lsle of
wight. The former have Installed themselves
In Appuldurcombe Park House and the
latter are Ia Cowes.
we have come away eays Father
Gallois. tho head Of the Benedicune Monks,
because We could not continue 60 live in
France according Ia tho rules ~ Our com
munity under the new system of Govern
ment inspection, They would requir" adj
mission TO the monastery. the right Co In
-pect our books. 10 know how we derived our
income and how it was spent. To investigate
the proceedings and resolutions 81 the
chapter. Then they proposed To tax us
heavily
Under the~H conditions II would be
impossible to p~rr-arve the scclusiou OF
our order, There u no secrct about our
income. Many members 81 tho order
arr wealthy men: they bring their wealth
into the community. Others are poor they
sharr In the summon property OF all. We
make money only by the publication 81
books written by brothers Of IA" order
our lives are passed In study those ~ the
priests Of The order. Their" are Law brothers
who perform the domestic duties Of the
monastery
Tn" Bcnedir,ines are not a teaching
order. and the only r~elntiotr they will
have with their new ~neiRhbors Ia the III"
| 81 wight will b" the celebration q mas,
which tire public will IT, W-lcnm" 10 attend
Their dairy life. according 10 Father Gal
lois'- description. j. on" 81 great simplicity
We ne" at 4 o'clock, winter and summer.
and attend ma,ina and lands. Al \ there
l. a hight breakfast a cup - coffee and
bread Mas AT . o'clock Away. : ,:.=.s
- ~. 80
81 our order, and we have revived the
Grrg ,rian music. We attend ~v,sIrrs IN
the afternoon. complinc la the evening
In tho intervals 81 services We study tho
Scriptures, the works OF tho Fathers. all
literature b-aring upon our religion Three
DAYS a week w fast-on Mondays. We'd
ne-<iayu and Fridays. Then, Of cour-c,
there are the special fasts of Lent. Of Emher
Days. Of the vigil- Of saints
Tn. internal arrangements 81 thu mon
astery arr In keeping with such a life The
foors arr harc. the furniture l. Of the
plaincst Even In the chapter room, when"
the parliament of tho community l. hold,
the walls arc innoc.nt of decoration. the
floor is oarretle-- and the chairs are of tho
commonesi Windsor variety
II is an interesting coincidence that
| " Nnflllfl w. ~ bblN W " - A'N| NAAAN
has int sought refuge In England from
the Associations law and also that APP
puldurcnmie House should 10 their new
home. Appuldurcombe HOUSE. r,c"nily
a school. was tho site Of a Benciictina
monastery far hack In the Middle Ages.
After the lap-c 81 centuries IL l. a Rene
dictine monastery once morr. II was the
Benedictine order also that gave Ia Cantor
" a. -lEA-kA- a.. a. Il a
long aprios % B-n"dic'ins Ar~chhishops
NJ. Augustine. who came 10 convert Eng
land az the bidding % Pope Gregory the
Grat In 5o7 A. d, war a Benedlctin" monk
! and was welcomed 60 England hy Ethelhcrt's
| aue"n. Brrcts. tho daughter Of tho Frank
ish King 81 Paris.
These ewcomer 90 England. who may
be followed vet by many more, ara only
a small fraction OF the Roman Catholic
ORDERS which already have their head
quarters In England. Some ATTY different
religious orders for men arr air eady cs'ah-
lish~h In this country, with 2S monas'er'es
or congregation HOUSES There are mon
a~s,eris- In Wales and In Scotland. and
several In the very heart 81 London, ono
almost under thu shadow 81 ~. Pauis.
Their lives say- a writer on this sub
1 tfSf, urt ~ NutlsNl ~ AAa W "" 'h'''
world There T. tho bearded workadav
Franciscan living In the slums of south
London. maintaining hospitals Tor the sick
and caring for the poor. aftor the manner
OF his founder % AssiS.. Tberc - tho ngid
Carhusian In the great monasi"ry at Park
mins,er-~putcily the largest Carthus'an
monastery In the world living n life Of
the most ~evcre asoeticism, confined mostly
20 his coll. never tasting flesh meat, fasting
three times a week There ar" som" Bcne-
dictine- In Devonshirc who nun a great
pa,en, medicine factory Which th"y adver-
ti-e In their own press after the usual fashion
Of that class 81 gods.
Although about one-third az the whol"
Of the monas'eric~ Ia England helong 4"
the Bcneiictinc~. II h probable that IN"
Je-uits are exercising the most wild" in
fuencc on thought here. They are frankly
and wholly working for the conversion
81 England g. the English PROVINCE they
have al memtcrs. 40 priests, 2?s ~choiNs-
tics tmcmher~ whose training H. not vet
completed). and Nv law brothers But out