Br. Paul Quenon

About the Author

Br. Paul Quenon is a Trappist monk, photographer, and author (Unquiet Vigil, etc.).

A Week at the Hermitage, by Br. Paul Quenon, O.C.S.O.

July 28, 2018By Br. Paul Quenon

A Trappist monk’s sojourn at Thomas Merton’s hermitage

Every reader of Parabola is on a quest: the “search for meaning” on our cover could equally read “quest for meaning.” For many, involvement with quest has been lifelong. As a teenager I daydreamed about searching for the Holy Grail. It wasn’t the sacred relic that fired my imagination, but the quest—the chance to devote body, heart, and mind to the pursuit of something of infinite value.

This Spring 2020 issue of Parabola teems with stories of women and men on similar paramount quests—for the Grail, and for more. There are Dag Hammarskjold, Vaclav Havel, and G.I. Gurdjieff, three wise men who guide us and author Roger Lipsey toward resolution of our global climate crisis. There is religion scholar Elaine Pagels, talking about her quest to understand the gnostic teachings of Jesus. Read more>

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Br. Paul Quenon

About the Author

A Week at the Hermitage, by Br. Paul Quenon, O.C.S.O.

Learning to Die, by Brother David Steindl-Rast

The Art of Cleaning, by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee and Hilary Hart

Marion Woodman and the Search for the Conscious Feminine, by Patty de Llosa

Hearing the Cries of the World, by Mark Nepo

The Courageous Mary Oliver, by Lisa Starr