Bruno’s Great Silence - Catholic Insight

St. Bruno's love of silence and solitude led him to found the Carthusian Order

St. Bruno epitomized a life of solitude and sanctity, inspiring generations to follow in his footsteps.

Bruno’s Great Silence - Catholic Insight

On this early Fall day of October the 6th, we fittingly celebrate Saint Bruno (+1101), teacher, bishop, confidante of the Pope and, perhaps most pertinent to the history of Christendom, the founder of the Carthusians, the only Order in the Church never to have been reformed, in large part since they never needed reforming. They still have their own liturgical rite, and I was privileged to serve the Mass of one of their monks, who was on the ‘out…