Seek Things Above
The mission of the Mount Angel Institute is to share the rich ways of Mount Angel Abbeyโs Benedictine monastic life with Church and World. In this podcast, we share talks from monks, faculty, and guest speakers at Mount Angel that generally focus on the rich ways of prayer, community life, deep reading or lectio divina, life centered on the Eucharist, Benedictine hospitality, arts and culture, and caring for the land and environment.
Mount Angel Abbey (Saint Benedict, Oregon) is a community of Benedictine monks founded in 1882 from the Abbey of Engelberg in Switzerland. Today, the community continues to serve the spiritual needs of western Oregon and beyond through the parish church of St. Maryโs, a seminary (founded in 1889), a guesthouse, and other works that welcome all visitors and guests in the spirit of Benedictine hospitality.
For more information about Mount Angel, visit https://www.mountangelabbey.org/.
Seek Things Above
Reading in a Digital Culture with Dr. Maryanne Wolf
In March 2024, Dr. Maryanne Wolf gave a talk at Mount Angel Abbey on "Reading in a Digital Culture: The Beauty and the Challenges to Empathy, Critical Analysis, and Contemplation." Focusing on research in neuroscience and education, Dr. Wolf looked at the effects of digital mediums on the development and the sustaining of deep reading processes, particularly empathy/perspective-taking, inference, and critical thinking โ the precursors to the contemplative function and our deepest insights.
Dr. Maryanne Wolf, author of ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ: ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ (2018) and ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ (2007), is a scholar, a teacher, and an advocate for children and literacy around the world. She currently serves as the Director of the newly created Center of Dyslexia, Diverse Learners, and Social Justice at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. She was made a permanent member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences by Pope Francis in 2020.
For more information about the Mount Angel Institute and the programs and events it sponsors, visit https://www.mountangelabbey.org/monastery/mai/