Since January 2023 at OHC’s American house, one man has made a life profession of vows, another has made a first profession of vows, and three became new novices. Its South African house has welcomed three new novices, one of whom recently took first vows.
As libraries have switched to electronic books and periodicals, bindery orders have plunged, raising questions about the bindery’s long-term future. But the monks’ commitment to the craft, and to physical books as objects worthy of great care, has not wavered.
