Monastics: Life and Law
Reflections of a Benedictine Canonist

by Daniel J. Ward, O.S.B.

Table of Contents

      Introduction
  1. Civil Law and Monastics
  2. Monastic Constitutions
  3. Code Assures Equality
  4. Monasticism and Universal Law
  5. Poverty: A Way of Listening
  6. Monastic Discipleship
  7. Religious Obedience
  8. Monastic Profession/Taking Vows
  9. Community/Common Life
10. Sexual Misconduct
11. Work and Integration
12. Monastic Hospitality
13. The Recent Past into the Future