THE 1996 INSTITUTE OF 0ISTERCIAN

STUDIES CoNFERENCE ·

SFONSORED BY:

THE INSTITUTE OF CISTERCIAN STUDIES WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF ARTS & SC:IENCES KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN ·

The 1996 Cistercian Studies Conference

sponsored by

The Institute of Cistercian Studies Western Michigan University

avec

Journees en l'honneur du Pere Robert Thomas fondateur du Pain de Cfteaux

organises par

Pain de Clteaux Cistercian Publications

Oteaux: Commentarii Cistercienses

KALAMAZOO, 9- 12 MAY / MAl 1996

The 1996 Cistercian Studies Conference

10:00 am THURSDAY

JOURNEEs EN L'HONNEUR DU PtRE ROBERT THOMAS ( 1 }:

LES PIERRES, LES FINANCES TOUT S'INTEGRE DANS LA SPIRITUALITE CISTERCIENNE

STONES & FINANCES - THE INTEGRATION OF ALL THINGS IN CISTERCIAN SPIRITUAUTY

Room 308

E. Rozanne Elder, Western Michigan University, Presiding

Des cisterciennes liegeoises en quete de· Reforme a Ia fin du Moyen Age

Marie-Elisabeth Henneau, Universite de Liege

Is there such a thing as 'Cistercian Spirituality'? David N . Bell, Memorial University of Newfoundland

What is Cistercian Architecture? Terry! N . Kinder, Cfteaux: Commentarii Cistercienses

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1:30pm THURSDAY

CS 2: THE CISTERCIAN FATHERS Charles Cummings, OCSO,

Cistercian Studies Quarterly, presiding

The Liturgical Sermons of Aelred of Rievaulx: Clairvaux Collection 2

M. Basil Pennington, OCSO, St Joseph's Abbey

Room 309

Putting Love in Order: The Principles of the Ordo Caritatis in Bernard of Clairvaux and Aelred of Rievaulx

Shawn Madison Kramer, St Joseph University

Does Aelred Think Friends Are Necessary? Katherine M. [T ePas] Y ohe, LaSalle University

3:30pm THURSDAY Room 309

CS 3: CISTERCIAN AFTERGLOW Beatrice Beech, Western Michigan University, presiding

La Vierge Marie dans le cycle de Noel. Actualite de Ia theologie mariale des auteurs cisterciens du XII• siecle

Andre Picard, OCSO, Pain de ctteaux

'What If He Could Look upon This Iron Age?' Calvin, Bernard, and the Monastic Ideal

Susan Hubert, Western Michigan University

Saint Bernard and Twelve-step Spirituality Susan Warrener Smith, Seton Hall University

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7:30pm THURSDAY Haworth/ Schneider Hall Auditorium

10:00 am

Medieval Prayer Forms for Today Lectio Divina and Centering Prayer

An Experiential Presentation M. Basil Pennington, OCSO

FRIDAY

JOVRNEEs EN L'HONNEUR DU !'ERE ROBERT THOMAS (2):

L'<EUVRE DE L'ESPRIT ET DU VERBE DANS NOTRE CHEMINEMENT SPIRITUEL

THE WORK OF THE SPIRIT AND THE WORD IN OUR SPIRITUAL GROWTH

Terry! N. Kinder, Cl:teaux: Commentarii cistercienses, presiding

Etre 'un seul esprit' avec Dieu dans les reuvres de Guillaume de Saint-Thierry

Room 309

Jacques Delesalle, ocso, Abbaye Sainte Marie du Mont

Analyse s6niotique des prefaces de I'Expositio in epistola ad romanos de Guillaume de Saint-Thierry

Jean Doutre, OCSO, Cistercian Monastery of Notre-Dame

The Progressive Nature of Conversion According to Saint Bernard

Elizabeth Connor, OCSO, Abbaye Saint Romuald

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1:30pm FRIDAY Room 308

CS 5: THE CHAPTER HOUSE AND BEYOND Evelyn Kaehler, Evanston, Illinois, presiding

Reflections on the Chapter Halls of Clairvaux and Morimond Peter Hoegger, Aargauische Kunstdenkmaler

The Legacy of the Abbot: Abbatial Burial Practice at the Cistercian Monastery of Grosbot

Amy R. Dawson, Rutgers University

Cistercian Visions of the Otherworld in the Liber revelationum of Peter of Cornwall

Robert Penkett, Oxford University

3:30pm FRIDAY

CS 6: NUNS AND THE WORLD AROUND THEM fane Patricia Freeland, Amherst, presiding

The Cistercian Nunnery of St Burkhard in Halberstadt Cornelia Oefelein, Freie Universitat Berlin

Cistercian Nuns and Italian Franciscans Thomas Renna, Saginaw Valley State University

Cistercian Nuns and Tithes in the Thirteenth Century Constance Berman, University of Iowa

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Room 307

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7:30pm FRIDAY Rare Book Room Waldo Library

CS 7: ARCHITECTURE AND MANUSCRIPTS

Interpreting Late Romansque Cistercian Manuscripts of the Twelfth Century

by Content, Paleography, and Art History II: New Comparisons to Cistercian Architecture

Charlotte Ziegler, Stift Zwettl

10:00 am SATURDAY

JOURNEES EN L'HONNEUR DU PtRE ROBERT THOMAS (3 ): LA TRINITE ET L'HOMME A LA RECHERCHE L'UN DE L'AUTRE

THE HOLY TRINITY AND MAN LOOKING FOR ONE ANOTHER

Andre Picard, OCSO, Pain de C1teaux, presiding

A Written Witness in Honor of Pere Robert Thomas Jean Holman, ocso, Abbaye d'Ubexy

Les trois personnes divines s'occupent de nous

Room 309

Robert Thomas, ocso, Abbaye N.-D. de Sept-Fons

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1:30pm SATURDAY

CS 9: BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX Aage Rydstrcpm-Poulsen, University of Copenhagen

and Western Michigan University, presiding

The Spiritual Senses in Bernard of Clairvaux's Sermones super Cantica

Room 309

Gordon Rudy, University of Chicago Divinity School

Libertas consilii and the imago Dei in De gratia et libero arbitrio

Luke Anderson, O.Cist., Monastery of Saint Mary

Bernard on Charismatic Knowledge: The Truth as Gift John R. Sommerfeldt, University of Dallas

10:00 am SUNDAY

CS 10: PAUPER ET HUMILIS Daniel M LaCorte, Fordham University, presiding

A Most Ardent Lover of Poverty: The Englishman Stephen Harding

Chrysogonus Waddell, OCSO, Gethsemani Abbey

Orality and T extuality in the Letters of Bernard of Clairvaux

Neil M. Mancour, University of Reading

Cistercian Laybrothers in Medieval Art James France, Blewbury

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PARTICIPANTS at the

1996 ICS CONGRESS

Luke Anderson, 0 . Cist. Monastery of Saint Mary New Ringgold PA 17960

Beatrice Beech 1745 Hillshire Kalamazoo MI 49008

David N. Bell Dept of Religious Studies Memorial Univ. of Nfld StJohn's, Newfoundland A1C 5S7 CANADA

Constance Berman Department of History University of Iowa

· Iowa City lA 52242

Elizabeth Connor, OCSO Abbaye Saint Romuald C.P. 3999 Terminus Levis, Quebec G6V 6V4 CANADA

Charles Cummings, OCSO Abbey the Holy Trinity 1250 South 9500 East Huntsville UT 84317

Amy R. Dawson Rutgers University 20 East Lawrence Street Milltown NJ 08850

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Jacques Delesalle, OCSO Abbaye St Marie du Mont F-59270 Godewaersvelde FRANCE

Jean Doutre, OCSO Monastery of Notre Dame R. R. No. 5 Orangeville, Ontario L9W 2Z2 CANADA

E. Rozanne Elder Institute of Cistercian Studies Western Michigan University Kalamazoo MI 49008

James France Cottrills Blew bury Oxon. OX11 9PD ENGLAND

Jane Patricia Freeland 6 Chestnut Court Amherst MA 01002

Marie-Elisabeth Henneau Departement d'Histoire Universite de Liege 3, place Cockerill B-4000 Liege BELGIUM

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Peter Hoegger Aargauische Kunstdenkmaler Laurenzenvornadt 89 CH 5001 Aarau SWITZERLAND

Jean Holman, OCSO Abbaye d'Ubexy 88130 Charmes FRANCE

Susan Hubert PO Box 3242 Kalamazoo MI 49003

Evelyn Kaehler 409 Florence Avenue Evannon IL 60202

T erryl N. Kinder 17, rue Rabe 89230 Pontigny FRANCE

Shawn Madison Kramer Department of Theology St Joseph University 5600 City Avenue Philadelphia PA 19131

Daniel M. LaCorte 4323 Duke Street, Apt 12 Kalamazoo MI 49008

Neil M. Mancour Cntr for Medieval Studies University of Reading Reading RG6 2AA ENGLAND

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Cornelia Oefelein Giesebrechtstrafie 12 10629 Berlin GERMANY

Basil Pennington, OCSO St Joseph's Abbey Spencer MA 01562

Robert Penkett 18 Maltese Road Chelmsford, Essex CM1 2PA ENGLAND

Andre Picard, ocso 35 St-Raymond Hull, Quebec J8Y 1R5 CANADA

Thomas Renna Department of History Saginaw Valley State Univ. 7400 Bay Road University Centre MI 48710

Gordon Rudy Divinity School University of Chicago 5419 S Dorchener Chicago IL 60615

Aage Rydnr<jlm-Poulsen 100 Wenern Avenue, L-10 Elmwood Aparments W enern Michigan University Kalamazoo MI 49008

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Susan Warrener Smith Seton Hall University 397 Hall Court South Orange NJ 07079

John R. Sommerfeldt Department of History University of Dallas Irving TX 75062-4799

Robert Thomas, OCSO Abbaye N .-D. de Sept-Fons 03290 Dompierre-sur-Besbre FRANCE

Chrysogonus Waddell, OCSO Gethsemani Abbey 3624 Monks Road Trappist KY 40051-9102

Katherine M. [TePas] Yohe Dept of Religious Studies LaSalle University 9672 Loreleigh Way Fairfax VA 22031

Charlotte Ziegler A-3910 Stift Zwettl AUSTRIA

Scholars interested in presenting a paper at the 1997 Cistercian Studies Conference are invited to submit an abstract to the Institute of Cistercian Studies no later than 15 September 1996. Abstracts must be typed, double-spaced, and signed. Requests for audio-visual equipment must accompany the abstract. Papers are strictly limited to twenty minutes . The submission of an abstract constitutes a commitment to attend the Conference if the paper is accepted. Papers are not read for absent scholars.

Letters of acceptance/ rejection are sent out in early October. All participants in the Cistercian Studies Conference are automatically participants in the International Medieval Studies Congress, and will receive information on transportation, housing, and meals from the Medieval Institute.

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Other sessions of interest to Cistercian scholars ...

Session 11: Session 23: Session 24: Session 76: Session 102:

Session 126:

Session 130:

Session 268:

Session 291 : Session 307: Session 312:

Session 351: Session 356:

Session 362:

Gertrud of Helfta and Mechtild of Hackeborn Monks and Money in the Middle Ages Downside Abbey and Medieval Studies Medieval Monastic Folklore Monasticism on the Borderline of Latin and Orthodox Christianity Monastic Knights and Military Monks: The Crusading Orders in the Latin East Hildegard of Bingen: Prophetic, Passionate and Provocative Poet/Preacher The Study of the Bible in the Middle Ages: The Early Middle Ages Feminized Translations of the Rule of St Benedict Hildegard of Bingen II The Study of the Bible in the Middle Ages II: The Glossa Ordinaria Hildegard of Bingen ill The Study of the Bible in the Middle Ages ill: The Parisian Schools Monastic Origins in Ireland and Scandinavia: An Archaeological Perspective (1) The First Cistercian Monasteries

in Norway, c. 1000-1200 Saturday 3:30, Room 1140 Schneider

The 1998 Cistercian Studies Conference will celebrate the founding of Clteaux on 21 March 1098. Scholars working on the formative years of the Cistercian co=unity are especially urged to submit abstractS for this Conference.

Cistercian Publications invites books-length manuscripts on Cistercian and related monastic subjectS. Those wishing to submit proposals should request a copy of the Style Sheet from The Editorial Director, Cistercian Publications, WMU Station, Kalamazoo, MI 49008-3801.

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SPECIAL EVENTS

THURSDAY EVENING:

7:30p.m. Choir Practice Valley III, Room 309 Fox Lounge

SATURDAY EVENING:

Cistercian Studies Dinner By reservation only Undercroft, Cathedral Church of Christ the King

5:45p.m. Bus departs Valley IT, front entrance

6:15p.m. Evensong/Vespers Bus will not return to campus after Evensong

7:15p.m. Dinner

9:20p.m. Compline

9:45p.m. Bus returns to campus

SUNDAY:

7:00am Eucharist: Roman Catholic Schneider Auditorium

Clergy vesting: Room 1455 (Haworth)

7:15 am Eucharist: Episcopal/Lutheran

5:40pm Van departs Valley IT, front entrance

6:00 pm Cistercian Studies Collation By reservation only

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DAILY: THURSDAY- SATURDAY

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11:30-1:30

1:30-3:00 pm

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