Camaldolese Tidings. Coming here is a joy and renews my inner life! Camaldolese Hermits of America. A retreatant

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1 Camaldolese Hermits of America Camaldolese Tidings New Camaldoli Hermitage Big Sur, California Volume 17 Issue 2 Summer 2011 Coming here is a joy and renews my inner life! A retreatant

2 2 ~ Camaldolese Tidings Prior Knowledge Father Raniero It s Happening Again! A Time of Grace During the years of my formation as a postulant, a novice, and a junior professed monk, the community graciously and beautifully cared for Brother Philip. Br. Philip was an elder of the community who was bedridden with colon cancer. We would prepare his breakfast, bathe him, bring him in a wheelchair to Eucharist and lunch, spend time with him in the library, prepare his dinner, and then tuck him in for the night but not without first praying bed time prayer with him. This was both a time to bond with Br. Philip and a time that strengthened the brotherhood among us all. You can imagine the stories that came from this experience! Some of these stories still surface today with much affection and with gentle, tender fondness. This was a wonderfully graced time for the community and it is happening again! Our dear brother, Fr. Bernard, has been living with Parkinson s disease for ten years. About three months ago, he was hospitalized as a result of the progression of the disease. When he was released from the hospital he was unable to return to his cell, but rather was taken to our new residential care facility as our first live-in patient. We are providing round-the-clock care for Fr. Bernard with the help of two hospice nurses, who come for several hours a day, two days a week. During their first visit, we asked the hospice nurses to speak to the entire monastic community. We wanted to better understand Fr. Bernard s present Fr. Bernard situation, what to expect, and how to care for him. It was a wonderful meeting! As I sat listening to the nurses and listening to my brothers, a joy stirred in my heart IT S HAPPENING AGAIN! The care, the bonding, the brotherhood was being called forth again like in the days of Br. Philip, and it continues to be so a time of grace! It s amazing how this situation brings out the best in us and in our community spirit. I think the hands-on care From a retreatant: I was sitting outside looking at the moon and noticing how beautiful it is here and so quiet. It is comforting to walk into services and see all the monks. I find your reverence inspiringespecially when everyone stands up when the Gospel is read. There are so many things you do I love. Jan 17, 2011 Prayer Schedule Weekdays: 5:30 am Vigils 7:00 am Lauds 11:30 am Eucharist 6:00 pm Vespers Sundays and Solemnities: 5:30 am Vigils 7:00 am Lauds 11:00 am Eucharist 5:00 pm Vespers stretches our human hearts, individually and communally, in ways that no other situation does or can. Fr. Bernard is so grateful. Over and over again he says, Thank you, when we roll him from side-to-side to prevent bedsores, or when we feed him, or shave him, or bathe him, or snuggle the covers to keep him warm. He still has his charming wit and enjoys keeping us in our place! The Frenchman is in control! As with Br. Philip, the stories of caring for Fr. Bernard will live on with affection and tenderness. Our hearts are being touched and stretched and deepened because of Fr. Bernard and with each other. Indeed, it is a time of grace. Thank you, Fr. Bernard! Thank You, God! Camaldolese Tidings is published by the Camaldolese Hermits of America for our friends, oblates, and sponsors. Publisher Father Raniero Hoffman, OSB Cam. Editor Brother Bede Healey, OSB Cam. Development Directors Robert J. Allen Mary Kay Swenson Public Relations & Design Susan Garrison If you have questions or comments about this publication, please address them to: New Camaldoli Hermitage Coast Highway 1 Big Sur, CA (831) Fax: (831) monks@contemplation.com or visit us on the web at:

3 Camaldolese Communications By Fr. Robert Hale, O.S.B. Cam. These last months have been very eventful for us. In some cases we would have preferred a bit more serenity! For instance one day our elderly Fr. Bernard was responding not at all, and was rushed by ambulance to the nearest hospital, in Monterey. Several tests indicated that his Parkinson s disease had caused another decline; he is now primarily bed ridden in our new, providentially finished and furnished infirmary. We monks are providing 24/7 presence and care. We experience this as a real privilege, even though also a challenge. Fr. Bernard has extended moments of real lucidity, when he expresses his amazing serenity and humor, and he continues his prayer. But he does tend to sleep many of the hours in a 24 hour period. He is without pain, and hospice is sending their wonderful care givers once or twice a week to help him and us. Very heavy rains washed out a short section of Highway One to the north of us, requiring long-term repair. If that wasn t bad enough, a mudslide to the south onto Highway One blocked our only access Highway 101, so we were completely cut off for some days. After that was cleared, another slide farther down blocked our regular Highway 1 route to the south. At least this slide left open a road to the east, the Nacimiento. This road is narrow and winding with beautiful views; most importantly, it connects us to the 101. We and some of our guests actually have enjoyed driving it to experience the fresh wonders of Big Sur valleys and the vistas of the Pacific it affords from high above. Nonetheless, by the time you receive this, all regular routes should be reopened. Not all of the news has been heavy. For instance, the monks have been engaged in strategizing sessions with two professional facilitators: a superior of a community of women religious; and an experienced strategy specialist. We have been pondering how to responsibly and We have been pondering how to responsibly and proactively journey into our future in relation to our charism, our community, our leadership, and our economy. proactively journey into our future in relation to our charism, our community, our leadership, and our economy. This planning is all the more appropriate as we approach our General Chapter in September, which is held at our mother house in Tuscany, Italy. Our Priors of New Camaldoli and Incarnation and three elected delegates will represent us there. In preparation for the Chapter, we at the Hermitage, along with our Incarnation brethren, have appreciated the official two-week Visitation by two of the monks on our General s Council: Fr. Alessandro Barban and Bro. Ivan Nicoletto. The Visitation process involves a report by the two Priors, conversations between the Visitators and each of the monks, and an official Visitation report. The report will be carried to the Chapter. These days remind us at New Camaldoli and Incarnation that we are part of a larger monastic community with ancient houses up and down Italy, as Our pledge to you, our friends and benefactors, is that your name is never sold, rented or given to any other organization. We appreciate your support and honor your privacy. Please use the enclosed envelope for your prayer requests. Please remember us when making or revising your will. Our official name is: Camaldolese Hermits of America Our federal ID # is: Camaldolese Tidings ~ 3 well as new foundations in Brazil, India, and now Africa. Several of us have been out giving retreats or conferences for both parishes and our Oblate groups. Bro. Bede (PhD in psychology) was one of the examining board members for the doctoral defense of one of our Oblates, Wendy Wade. Her brilliant thesis passed glowingly. Our Father Isaiah pointedly suggested to me that this column should mention and praise our Poetry Seminars, which are held here approximately once a month. Both monks and guests ponder the writings of eminent poets such as T. S. Eliot, James Joyce, Jessica Powers, and even Wallace Stevens! It is true of monks as with everyone else: if you ain t got culture you ain t got nuttin! From retreatants: Thank you for receiving me with open arms and gracious hearts. I leave the hermitage with the warmth of your friendship and an enduring spiritual faith. Dec 14, 2010 Thank you so much for opening your hearts to me and allowing Christ s light to shine through you in loving your neighbor. I cherished every moment I spent here and was able to find more than I could of ever wished for. I asked God to grant me silence and solitude, yet he blessed me with much more than just this. I leave with friends that I can call my own and will forever be in my heart, what a joy it has been to share God s love together. Dec 12, 2010

4 4 ~ Camaldolese Tidings A Note from the Editor: We hope you enjoy this newsletter devoted to retreats.from the earliest times of the founding of the Hermitage we have offered hospitality to those who wished to retreat here. We continue to offer this hospitality. It is one of the hallmarks of the Hermitage, and is for us an essential practice reflecting the ancient monastic practice of welcoming guests, and especially from Saint Benedict s point of view, to welcome them as Christ. The Camaldolese monastic tradition, being Benedictine, has also valued this ministry, and in keeping with our own unique charism, make a special effort to provide retreatants and guests with greater opportunities for silence and solitude. Hence, most of our retreat spaces are for one person, meals are taken in the retreat room or hermitage, and an atmosphere of gentle but profound silence pervades the Hermitage grounds. We are blessed by the beauty of mountains, ocean and forest, all coming together in a mysterious and grace filled environment so very conducive to the retreat experience. People who have travelled the world have told us that this is an unsurpassed, incredibly beautiful, and blessed location. What is the retreat experience? It is many things: an opportunity to step back from commitments and cares so as to better understand oneself and engage in them in a more balanced way, a time to rest, re-engage with God, a time of preparation before engaging in a new direction in one s life, a time of discernment, a time of healing, a time of re-centering oneself, a time of discovery and so much more. A key element in any retreat experience is spaciousness whether it is the large rooms and trailers, or the welcoming space of the chapel, open 24 hours a day, or the scenic spaciousness of the property and the long, winding road with many benches we offer the experience of engaging in something larger than oneself and in Someone who loves us all infinitely. Please consider making a retreat part of your regular spiritual practice, and if you can, please consider coming here we would love to share our place with you. Br. Bede Yoga Embodiment-Spirit June Yoga, embodiment, spirit: A meditation on an expression by Bede Griffiths: There may be another way, but integration of flesh and spirit is Christ s way for us today. We examine yoga as means to the end understood in Christian terms: The Word, who was God, was made flesh, so that flesh (biblical term for our shared humanity) might become God by grace and participation. Breathing, breath, spirit: one word in ancient languages to indicate divine presence at different levels of reality. Thomas Matus entered New Camaldoli in 1962, made his vows in 1964, and was ordained a priest in 1970 at Camaldoli in Italy. He has degrees in music, ecumenical theology, and a Ph.D. in history of religions. He has published books on Yoga, India, Liturgical music, and Camaldolese spirituality. He has lived in our communities in Italy, India, and Brazil, and now is at Incarnation Monastery in Berkeley, California. He has taught courses at the Dominican and Jesuit schools of the Graduate Theological Union. God s Gifts of the Physical and Spiritual Senses July Explore the tremendous benefits we receive daily through our amazing, delicate organs of sight, hearing, and feeling, etc., and how they open up to us God s glorious creation, also human community and culture. We ll learn that behind these physical senses are spiritual senses of glimpsing in depth the ultimate significance of things, hearing with the ear of the heart, feeling from the depths, tasting and seeing that God is good, etc. We will discuss how to develop further these spiritual senses and appreciate fuller our physical senses. Guided Retreats 2011 Robert Hale was born in Denver, Colorado in He attended Pomona College, then joined New Camaldoli in 1959, a year after its founding. He with Fr. Bruno were sent to Rome and the Benedictine College for their theology studies, then ordination there. Robert continued studies in spirituality at St. John s, Collegeville, then Fordham University for a Ph.D. He then taught in Rome at the Benedictine College, then founded Incarnation Monastery, Berkeley and taught spirituality at the Jesuit School of Theology there. He was then Prior of New Camaldoli from 1988 to 2000, then taught spirituality again at Berkeley. He has been at the Hermitage now since 2006, is an Oblate Chaplain and teaches the young monks. He is author of three books on spirituality and many articles, and regularly gives retreats and conferences outside the Hermitage. A Yogic Approach to Christianity. A Christian Approach to Yoga August We will be exploring both in theory and in practice the Christian approach to the practice and philosophy of Yoga. On a practical side we will do asana, pranayama and meditation together each day. On the theoretical side we will discuss how the spiritual anthropology the view of the human person implied in each tradition converges, and sheds new light on the transformative promises of the Transfiguration, Resurrection and Ascension. Cyprian Consiglio is a monk of New Camaldoli Hermitage, musician, composer, author and teacher. He lived for ten years at New Camaldoli Hermitage in Big Sur, serving as liturgist, choir director and teacher. Cyprian currently lives in a hermitage near Santa Cruz, California. He spends about half his time at home, and half his time traveling, performing and teaching. Much of both his music and his teaching revolve around the Universal Call to Contemplation through

5 spirituality and the arts. A student of the writings of Bede Griffiths and Abhishiktananda, Cyprian has a great love for comparative religion, and published a book Prayer in the Cave of the Heart by Liturgical Press, based on wisdom culled from what he has gained from his studies. He has been to India numerous times as well as other countries in Europe, Asia, and the Mideast, performing as well as studying and teaching. Besides concerts and recording, he regularly leads retreats and conferences on meditation, and has done extensive work in inter-faith dialogue. Poetry and Spirit II October In our rationalized society, poetry has come to be the other language: language of the party that is always and happily out of office, language like a coiled spring, ready to burst forth from within and from below. Vertical language, the language of Spirit, of the All-at- Once, Poetry, its blade once sharpened, becomes a way of piercing the veil, the smogbank that shrouds reality, the container that keeps our lives under control - and much too small. Poetry, nearly a fugitive art today, has assumed like Christianity, in particularly intense moments of its history, the role of the prophetic stranger, the visitor from afar who brings in his old bag the keys to the genuine inside to the heart. The word - divine or human - is sacred, conceals within itself the fire of freedom and the secret of life. Poetry, despite all its nonsense and often enough through its nonsense, when at its best will surprise us with a flash of insight that is feeling and life, that for the moment is plenty. The world needs that plenty. In the four retreat sessions, besides the talks, we shall read poems together, discuss them and reflect together on poetry today - its relation to spirituality, to Christianity, to life itself. Bruno Barnhart has lived at the Hermitage, he will tell you, since just before the Crimean War. After concluding his service as Prior of the Big Sur community with the warm encouragement of his brothers he has devoted his efforts to the Christian sapiential (wisdom) tradition and its resurgence in our time. The Future of Wisdom: Toward a Rebirth of Sapiential Christianity was published by Continuum in God s Creativity in Time of Transition and Uncertainty November 4-6 As Christians we are a pilgrim people, journeying throughout our lives into fuller union with our loving God. With such movement and change, transition and uncertainty are integral to the journey. There are, however, critical events in our lives including the loss of loved ones, a loving relationship, a severe illness, or becoming unemployed which present major crises in our lives. At such times of transition, brokenness and vulnerability through God s grace we can be especially open to the creative and transforming power of God. Through ritual and prayerful reflection, the faithful, loving creativity of God will be explored in scripture as well as through early and contemporary Christian writers. The deepening of our awareness of God s Presence in the silence of this retreat will allow for the recollection of God s creative and transforming love in critical phases of our lives and the hopeful anticipation of the God s continuing loving Guided Retreats 2011 Camaldolese Tidings ~ 5 creativity as we are being transformed, moment by moment, throughout our entire lives. Andrew Colnaghi is Prior of Incarnation Monastery in Berkeley. Besides his daily responsibilities in this role, Andrew continues his many ministries including spiritual direction and counseling, parish outreach, and oblate chaplain. Arthur Poulin lives at Incarnation Monastery in Berkeley. In addition to his daily commitments there, including Guest master, Arthur is a painter presently preparing for his next exhibit in September of Arthur also enjoys offering classes and retreats on creativity and spirituality. His paintings continue to be published as greeting cards, framed prints as well as covers for books, magazines and CDs. Dr. Antoinette Betschart (Toni) is a Camaldolese Oblate and holds degrees in Nutrition/Biochemistry (PhD) and Theology (MTS). She is recently retired from the U.S. Department of Agriculture where she conducted and directed research in various positions in the Western Region and in Washington DC. Various parish ministries, caring for and training the homeless in downtown Wash, DC, and guiding retreats have been some of her ministries Human and Spiritual Growth from a Monastic Perspective December 9-11 Benedict was deeply concerned about the growth and development of his monks, and wrote his Rule as a means to facilitate that growth. Benedict envisioned his way of life as common in two senses of the word: common as in ordinary, and common as available to many. As it is based on the Bible, it s principles can be used by all with a monastic heart, and not just by those living in a monastery. Romuald s great contribution was to place a greater emphasis on solitude in the monastic and human journey. In this retreat we will explore the central tenets of monastic practice from both Benedict s and Romuald s perspective and apply them to the central monastic goal of conversion. This conversion, this turning to God and being turned to God can be seen as the core of our growth both spiritual and human. The monastic experience as a lived and developing way of being can be the core of our life with God, ourselves and others. Bede Healey is Camaldolese monk of New Camaldolese Hermitage. He has served in various capacities including formation, Oblate Chaplain, serving on the Council, and cooking (his favorite job). He currently serves as Treasurer and coordinates various other administrative responsibilities at the hermitage provides spiritual direction and offers a limited retreat ministry. Bede is also a clinical psychologist. In this capacity he has written and presented widely on psychological issues, disorders and treatment in religious professionals, working with religious issues in therapy, provided psychological assessments for religious and ministerial candidates, and consulted with religious communities and dioceses. He has a keen interest in the relationship between spirituality and psychology, provides spiritual direction and offers a limited retreat ministry.

6 6 ~ Camaldolese Tidings The Reluctant Retreatant By Lyn Rosen, Oblate of New Camaldoli How did I, someone unaware of God and certainly unconcerned with Jesus end up at the Hermitage for spiritual guidance? While God was an unknown to me, I was very well known to Him. I would pass this fruitcake in the local market with the Hermitage logo on it and I began to have this inner debate where each side became more insistent over time: go (no), go! (why?) Go! (I am afraid) GO! (okay). Something more powerful than I, a surprise in itself, was not giving up. God took me by the hand and led me there. Such fears I had. Some minor ones on the surface that were a little scary and ancient ones buried for almost a lifetime that were terrifying and resisted being disturbed. When I called to make a reservation they did not require an interview, there was not a questionnaire, I did not have to be Catholic nor go to services and yes they do talk although silence is much encouraged in church and around the guest quarters. Still scared, unsure and trying to keep some control I did not show up my first night. I made it down the second day, and while registering asked to speak to a priest sometime (what?). What type of help did I need? Ummm I want to learn to pray. Later that day I was about to go into my room and hearing my name called turned and my heart nearly stopped. A frightening person in a long white robe was heading in my direction. I can meet you at 3:30 he said and that was the beginning. He is still my spiritual director today. Our discussions can be deadly serious and life giving all the way to humorous. One time I wrote: I am fragile and broken, we are working with God to put me together. Sometimes the pieces do not fit and we try again. I keep trying because my life depends upon it and maybe he stays with me because a part of his does too. He honors my sadness, hears about the many wounds that bruise me endlessly, that rip my heart open and split my spirit. He listens in silence and prays for help. I hand him my soul to care for and he gives me to God.. Many of our other conversations can be summarized by: Father Isaiah I have a problem Have you prayed about it? No Father Isaiah I do not know what to do about... Have you thought about prayer? No, I forgot. Father Isaiah I am having trouble with... Lyn, if I may make a suggestion... Now and again he uses my name and the word defiant in the same sentence. I have forgiven him.. For the first year and a half I attended all services, sat in the back row, cried continually; refused to take a book or participate. The monks left me alone giving me the freedom and chance to begin to repair a very confused, destroyed heart. When I was not there the longing could be overwhelming and when I would arrive the crying would begin, I would tense up, think about fleeing and still scared and anxious. Then one day I called to reserve a room and Father Zacchaeus said, Don t threaten us Lyn, and for the first time in so long I laughed, and began to relax. On December 24, 2010, I was honored to become an Oblate. My love for the Hermitage is, I hope, expressed in the following: Jesus tuned and saw them following him and said to them, What are you looking for? They said to him, Rabbi, where are you staying? He said to them, and you will see. (John ) Monks in White Robes Let the silence of ages surround you. Let our faith and reverence renew you. Let the word of God through us embrace you. Let our bell signal and awaken you. Let our circle of adoration uplift you Let liturgies of the desert comfort you. Let our Chapel lure you at midnight; kneel in the Tabernacle, listen to angels sing. We are contemplative monks in white robes inviting you to live with God. From retreatants: I try to make the sojourn at least once a year, and I am grateful for the friendly hospitality and opportunity for quiet reflection that the New Camaldoli organization provides. March 5, 2011 I am grateful that I came across the Camaldolese in my life many years ago, to share in your spirituality which makes one so close to God! Feb 14, 2011 I visited in September and thought a magnificant location,...i enjoyed staying at the trailer. I will come again because I know no where else in the U.S. has such a secluded location & solitude and an ocean view. Spectacular! Feb 7, 2011 Thank you for the wonderful prayer work you do here! This is a wonderful place to work. Dec 19, 2010 Thank you for welcoming me into your comunity. You always make me feel at home. Thanks also for sharing the Advent season with me. In many, many ways it has been a memorable one that will be cherished always. Dec 21, 2010

7 By Robert J. Allen We have become a society that needs to post notices on everything mainly to avoid being sued. Or, rather, do we just assume people can t think? Should you press or pull, does it swing out or in? One Sunday walking into church I passed a young mother and her son; he was using the yellow barrier marked No Parking as a tight rope walk. The boy asked, Mom, what does it say? Her response was, KEEP OFF. Camaldolese Oblates By Fr. Robert Hale, O.S.B. Cam. Monastic Oblates have been around almost as long as Christian monasticism itself. The Christian monastic tradition can be traced back to the 3rd century and we find Oblates, men and women strongly connected with monastic communities in various ways, practically from the beginning. Oblate simply means one who has given oneself over to God, usually through spiritual connectedness with a monastic community. Our Camaldolese Benedictine Oblates continue in this great and ancient tradition in forms of life that are very contemporary. Our Oblates are lay persons or diocesan clergy or even religious of other orders who seek to live in harmony with God by drawing significantly from the Camaldolese charism. They live a personalized form of the Camaldolese Oblate Rule, thus striving to incorporate key elements of our spirituality into their lives. Almost 700 men and women from all over the world have become Camaldolese Oblates: teachers and students, counselors and doctors, nurses and engineers, retired people, etc. They are mostly Catholics, but also amply represent the Anglican tradition (including an Episcopal Bishop and Episcopal priests, monks, and nuns), as well as the Orthodox, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Methodist, and Baptist traditions. Our Oblate family is thus an ecumenical community that prefigures the Coming Great Church for which Christ prayed. Monks and Oblates are bound together in the Holy Spirit. We share our spiritual practices of prayer, Christian ministries, and work in the Primacy of Love. We are one extended family. Though not possible for all, many of our Oblates regularly return to New Camaldoli and/or to Incarnation Monastery for spiritual retreat. They also attend retreats that some of the Monks conduct in northern and southern California. Our Oblates have helped the Monks tremendously by volunteering various services to the Hermitage and the Monastery. They offer financial We Need to Give What we hear is often not what was said but what we think we heard. We then proceed from this incorrect information. Often people fail to understand that giving is not what the Church needs, but what the Church is telling us we need. We need to give. You can t be Christian without giving. We will be judged by the way we give of our time, talent and treasure. Stewardship, first and most importantly, is to recognize that everything we have is a gift from God. What we have and how we manage it is the stuff of becoming good stewards. Camaldolese Tidings ~ 7 Malachi 3:10 tells us: Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, try me in this, says the LORD Almighty, and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it. Try coming into God s House and being what God wants: YOU. We must separate what we own from what owns us. Then, we are free to give back to God everything He has given us. support. But first of all, they offer us their prayers. See our Oblate website at We have an Oblate online forum, with ongoing discussion about our spirituality. Our Office Book liturgy sheet is posted weekly on this forum. The Privilege of Love: Camaldolese Benedictine Spirituality includes a fine chapter on our Oblates that was co-authored by one of our Oblates. Please pray for our wonderful Oblates, as well as for us Monks. We promise to pray for you! Revised Web Page for Oblates For many years Danni Bayles-Yeager has maintained our website for oblates, providing all the pertinent information as well as listing upcoming retreats. Thank you Danni, for your faithful service to the community in this way! We are in the process of bringing this page into the contemplation. com website and have revised its look and added additional information and pictures. It is still located at its present site please check it out. Eventually it will become a section of our main website. We are pleased to have more resources about and for our wonderful oblates. A Brilliant Idea! Fluorescent bulbs cost less to use. We want to replace them throughout the retreat house and monastery in our lamps and lights fixtures but we need several hundred! If you could pick up some for us, we would be most appreciative! 13 watt fluorescent = 60 watts (in a regular bulb) 23 watt fluorescent = 100 watts (in a regular bulb)

8 8 ~ Camaldolese Tidings Wall Tile and Garden Benches Order Form New Camaldoli Hermitage Order # Engraved Wall Tiles 4 x 8: $100 (2 lines of 16 characters) 8 x 8: $500 (5 lines of 16 characters or logo) 12 x 12: $1,000 (5 lines of 16 characters or logo and one line) Garden Benches with plaques 4-foot bench: $1,500 (2 lines of 16 characters) 5-foot bench: $2,000 (2 lines of 16 characters) 8-foot bench: $3,000 (2 lines of 16 characters) *Only one Logo per will tile. Please print one character per block. We will send you a proof before processing. Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 Line 5 Ordering Information Name Telephone Address City State Zip Yes, I want to use my credit card: M/C Visa AMX qqqq qqqq qqqq qqqq Expires / Signed Make check payable to: New Camaldoli Hermitage. These plaques will be placed along the wall leading to the entrance of the church. You might consider the following. In Memoriam Commemorative With prayers In honor of: To celebrate the anniversary of: Family Name