Forum: Monastic Practice for Times Like These
Sun, Oct 11
|Trinity Cathedral, Portland • Morrison Room
Explore how Benedictine practice can help us respond with hope in the cloister that is our world.


Time & Location
Oct 11, 2026, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM PDT
Trinity Cathedral, Portland • Morrison Room
About the Event
There have always been times like these. In days of despair, monastic practice was a blaze of hope. Today, global warming, economic disparity, and political division ask us to rekindle that energy. This forum explores how Benedictine practice can help us respond with hope in the cloister that is our world. All are welcome, whether monastic practice is new to you or already part of your life.
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About the Presenter:
Elaine Stewart Harris is a long time member of Trinity and the abbot of the Cornerstone Benedictine community. It is her intention to live in the world as her cloister. As practicing lay monastics she and her husband Greg are currently refocused on the meaning of "home" as they recently moved from their family home to Mirabella.
