
Conversatio Morum
Like most I expected that the three vows of a Benedictine monk would be poverty, chastity and obedience. So I was surprised to find that it was obedience, stability and this strange thing called 'conversatio morum'. A number of us have been studying chapter by chapter, Christopher Jamieson's book Finding Sanctuary. He makes all this highly accessible just as he did when the BBC TV reality show 'The Monastery' was shown in the last decade. In the chapter entitled 'Community'