St. Augustine's House

[Tangible]

Saint Augustine's House Lutheran Monastery in Oxford Michigan

Saint Augustine's House came up over in GT in a thread about monasticism.

Given all the ink used in condemnation of monasticism in the historical Confessions, it seems really odd to me that there would exist a Lutheran monastery in the Benedictine tradition.

It also seems that since monasticism runs strongly counter to the Lutheran doctrine of vocation that serious Lutherans would have a big problem shutting themselves away for a lifetime from participating in the community at large.

Apparently there are quite a few ... monks, participants, whatever ... that have LCMS backgrounds which surprised me. At St. Augustine's House there are participants from ELCA, LCMS, and other Lutheran bodies. It's confusing to me how LCMS Lutherans would involve themselves in a ecumenical endeavor like this.

I've googled around a bit, but I can't find any mention of this monastery in any of my regular Confessional Lutheran sources. High Church Lutheranism is cool with me, but this seems to be taking it to an extreme that would be counter-indicated by a strict adherence to the BoC.

I also found that there is quite a long history of Lutheran monasticism, especially in Europe.

Ostanback Monastery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Loccum Abbey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amelungsborn Abbey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Priory of St. Wigbert - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[BoC]

It's not just that the Lutheran doctrine shys away from the monastic tradiditon but there has also been no room for the sacredotalaists since Walther's time.There has been a resurgence in the area of sacradotalism even though it go against Lutheran teachings. I would see this as being an intrest to them since a monastary is set on the format of heirarchy.

 

[DaRev]

Saint Augustine's House Lutheran Monastery in Oxford Michigan

Saint Augustine's House came up over in GT in a thread about monasticism.

Given all the ink used in condemnation of monasticism in the historical Confessions, it seems really odd to me that there would exist a Lutheran monastery in the Benedictine tradition.

It also seems that since monasticism runs strongly counter to the Lutheran doctrine of vocation that serious Lutherans would have a big problem shutting themselves away for a lifetime from participating in the community at large.

Apparently there are quite a few ... monks, participants, whatever ... that have LCMS backgrounds which surprised me. At St. Augustine's House there are participants from ELCA, LCMS, and other Lutheran bodies. It's confusing to me how LCMS Lutherans would involve themselves in a ecumenical endeavor like this.

I've googled around a bit, but I can't find any mention of this monastery in any of my regular Confessional Lutheran sources. High Church Lutheranism is cool with me, but this seems to be taking it to an extreme that would be counter-indicated by a strict adherence to the BoC.

I also found that there is quite a long history of Lutheran monasticism, especially in Europe.

Ostanback Monastery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Loccum Abbey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amelungsborn Abbey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Priory of St. Wigbert - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

St. Augustine's House is not a monastery in the same sense as ones you would see in Roman Catholicism. While it's history can be traced to the Church of Sweden, this facility is more of a retreat facility for short term stays rather than a permanent cloister. There are a couple of permanent residents there, but my understanding is that they basically run the place for use by others.

 

[MarkRohfrietsch]

A bit off topic but....
YouTube - Sisters Plea For First Lutheran

 

[porterross]

Mark, that brought back so many memories, I about split my side! I wonder how many folks not raised Confessional Lutherans would be able to see all the humour in it, but I thought it was hilarious.


As for St Augie's, it may be an odd concept in the US, but such places are abundant here (some nearby to us, as a matter of fact) and there are several Lutheran monastic-retreat-type places open to the public in Europe and we are planning to visit a couple as soon as we have some down time. There may well be somewhat of a language barrier, but we'll survive. My husband spent enough time in Germany and Scandinavia to make it less daunting and I'm pretty excited about the prospect of it.

 

[LilLamb219]

"Don't send da money do da Victoria's Secret...send it here...." LOL That was funny Mark and I haven't even finished watching the video yet.