Musings

Internet readers of the Daily Reflections with Fr. Don Talafous have long urged the author to publish selections in book form. Here is such a collection offering hope and encouragement in the face of the sadness and suffering of our world. While they come from the mind, heart, and PC of a Catholic Benedictine, the topics of these reflections appeal to church-going Christians, readers of a skeptical bent, and even those of no or minimal relation to any organized religion.

Don Talafous, OSB, is a Benedictine monk and priest of Saint John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota. Born in 1926, he has taught and served as university chaplain at Saint John's University in Collegeville and published several books. He has an MA from Catholic University, in Washington, DC, and a PhD from Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. Currently, he devotes his life to alumni relations for Saint John's University. A fitting role as he remarkably remembers the name of almost every student he has ever met.