The monk's tale
Subtitle: a biography of Godfrey Diekmann, O.S.B.
By: Kathleen Hughes.
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Collegeville, Minn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 383
Subjects: Diekmann, Godfrey.; Benedictines -- United States -- Biography.
Description: The Monk's Tale is the story of a Benedictine monk of St. John's Abbey by the name of Godfrey Diekmann, editor of Orate Fratres/Worship; organizer of and participant in national and international Liturgical Weeks; outstanding teacher; popular and gifted speaker; sought-after retreat preacher; consulter to the Pontifical Preparatory Commission on the Liturgy, which prepared for the Second Vatican Council; Council peritus fro 1963-1965; a member, from its founding, of the International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL); and a consultor to the Consilium for th Implementation of the Constitution on the Liturgy. A man of contagious, childlike effervescence and rock-solid faith, Farther Godfrey's life intersects and illumines some of the most fascinating events of contemporary Church history. - Provided by the publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-365) and index.