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St. Bruno - 6 October

Presbyter, hermit, religious founder. St. Bruno of Cologne (1030-1101) received a compelling vision of a secluded hermitage where he could spend his life becoming closer to God. He subsequently retired from his position as Chancellor of Reims to a mountain near Grenoble and founded what became the first house of the Carthusian Order.

Bruno's pupil, Eudes of Châtillon, had become pope as Urban II (1088) and called his former master to Rome in 1090. Lodged in the Lateran with the pope himself, privy to his most private councils, he worked as an advisor but wisely kept in the background, apart from the fiercely partisan rivalries in Rome and within the curia. Strangers to him were above all struck by his great knowledge and talents. But his disciples praised his three chief virtues -- his great spirit of prayer, extreme mortification, and devotion to the Blessed Virgin.

In Catholic art, Saint Bruno can be recognized by a skull that he holds and contemplates, with a book and a cross. He may be crowned with a halo of seven stars; or with a roll bearing the device "O Bonitas." The only Carthusian house in North America is the Charterhouse of the Transfiguration, Arlington, Vermont.

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Bruno (1030-1101) Biographical article on the founder of the Carthusians

St. Vincent de Paul, 27 September

"Of practical and prudent mind, Vincent left nothing to chance; his distrust of himself was equalled only by his trust in Providence. When he founded the Congregation of the Mission (CM) and the Sisters of Charity (SC) he refrained from giving them fixed constitutions beforehand; it was only after tentative guidelines, trials, and long experience that he resolved in the last years of his life to give them definitive rules. His zeal for souls knew no limit; all occasions were to him opportunities to exercise it. When he died the poor of Paris lost their best friend and humanity a benefactor unsurpassed in modern times."

The Benedictine monks of Saint Vincent Archabbey celebrate their patronal feast as a solemnity.

Vincent de Paul - Wikipedia Vincent de Paul, CM (24 April 1581 – 27 September 1660) was an Occitan French Catholic priest who dedicated himself to serving the poor.

Today, 9/26/25, is Day Two of the Contemplative Summit.

The Contemplative Summit In this session, Sufi teacher Jamal Rahman invites us into the heart of a wisdom tradition that doesn't deal in answers, but in presence, paradox, and transformation.