St. Augustine's House Lutheran Monastery

St. Augustine's House Lutheran Monastery, Oxford, Michigan. Angelus, bell peal, and the opening versicle and response from Vigils. For more information please see http://www.staugustineshouse.org/
and for another YouTube video see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yexr96a4Kvc

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[terryyarish]

Lutheran Monastery? The monastic life is certainly NOT Lutheran and is un-Biblical. Also, affiliation with these other confessions of faith would constitute Unionism & Syncretism. Maybe I am misunderstanding what you do, but I see nothing here that would constitute Historic Lutheranism.

[Dbsusan]

@terryyarish

I don't wish to start an online debate, but there is historic Lutheranism here. Luther did not so much wish to "secularize the monastic" as to "monasticize the secular." Perhaps you should read through our web page and/or Facebook page to learn more; Google us and both will turn up. This is a very conservative place. We need not agree on liturgical practice in order to share conservative Lutheran doctrine. Note some of the other Lutheran Communities in Germany and Sweden. Visit us!

[jgonnerman85]

Are they ELCA?

[Dbsusan]

@jgonnerman85 - We are affiliated with no particular American Synod, although we have roots in the Missouri Synod. We are ecumenical with associates from all Lutheran Synods, as well as Roman Catholics, Episcopalians, and other groups. The founder was ordained by the Church of Sweden to do "ecumenical work" in the United States. He had spent time at Taize in the 1950's and wanted to start a community in the US that offered monasticism within a historic Lutheran context. Visit our Facebook page.

[Dbsusan]

@jgonnerman85 - We are affiliated with no particular American Synod, although we have roots in the Missouri Synod. We are ecumenical with associates from all Lutheran Synods, as well as Roman Catholics, Episcopalians, and other groups. The founder was ordained by the Church of Sweden to do "ecumenical work" in the United States. He had spent time at Taize in the 1950's and wanted to start a community in the US that offered monasticism within a historic Lutheran context. Visit our Facebook page.

[bearnurse1]

@tgltyty Dbsusan did not say St Augustines is affiliated with the LCMS. When she said it has "roots" in the LCMS I think she was referring to its founder Fr Arthur Kreinheder who was raised LCMS but later became a priest of the Church of Sweden. That church sent him back to the United States to do ecumenical work among Lutherans in America. He then founded St Augustines Lutheran monastic community.

[RevWarRev]

@terryyarish The monastic life is Christian, and certainly is Lutheran. The issue is not form, which is adiaphora, but grace. Monastic practice is prayer and community centered around the living Word. Luther's issue was with monasticism lived as a work to gain favor.

[diego4407]

I like your ecumenical spirit. I hope I can visit soon. God bless.

[FRAGIORGIO1]

While I was a Catholic Franciscan in Assisi, Italy, from 1961 to 1970, I met four Lutheran Church of Sweden Franciscans! What a surprise and pleasure! Francis was a man who was "All evangelical and all apostolic", so he could certainly inspire quite a number of full-hearted Christians. In 1966 I met some British Anglican Franciscan, one of whom visited us several times. Unfortunately, he died later while staying at San Miniato al Monte in Florence. Bless poor Father Peter.

[tgltyty]

@Dbsusan I seriously doubt you are affiliated in any way shape or form with the LCMS. I have had chuch workers in the LCMS in my family for 4 generations and I have never heard of you.