Prior Peter, OSB

• Industry: Religion
• Occupation: monk
• Location: Chicago : Illinois : United States

About Me

The Roman Catholic Monastery of the Holy Cross was founded in 1989 and became a Benedictine house of the Subiaco Congregation in 2000. We follow a traditional contemplative life, chanting Psalms seven times a day and singing Gregorian chant at the Eucharist. We do this in a distinctive way by living our monastic life on the South Side of Chicago. Prior Peter, the author of this blog, was appointed Prior in August of 2004.

Interests

• composing and performing music
• Scripture & ancient languages
• baking bread
• bicycling
• Dante
• postmodern evangelization

Favorite Movies

• Lord of the Rings trilogy
• Unforgiven
• Alfred Hitchcock

Favorite Music

• Gregorian chant
• Josquin
• Beethoven
• D. Scarlatti
• Shostakovich
• John Coltrane
• Steve Reich
• Chicago (prior to 1975)

Favorite Books

• The Bible
• The Divine Comedy
• The Brothers Karamazov
• The Rule of St. Benedict
• The Republic

Prior Peter, OSB's Blogs

	Blog Name	Team Members
	Table Reading
	The Monastic Preacher
	Discernment
	Daily Bread
	The Catholic Reader's Society