tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73027337315978787332011-04-21T17:24:30.439-07:00This website is dedicated to my Friend, the Medicine man; Father Anselm Adodo, his contribution to peace, progress and human flourishing can not be left uncrowned, to the Saint Benedictine monks in Africa, the professionals who are trained to work in society for the common good, to PAX (a kiss of Peace), the Medical laboratory set up in the village of my birth, that has grown today to help Africa as a whole (www.ewumonks.org)Omosun Sylvesternoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302733731597878733.post-55813335886926340582008-03-05T03:10:00.000-08:002008-03-05T03:35:27.588-08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qc59Zgkv714/R86EozRkamI/AAAAAAAAASQ/YA-a_OYnggM/s1600-h/dialogue+005.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qc59Zgkv714/R86EozRkamI/AAAAAAAAASQ/YA-a_OYnggM/s320/dialogue+005.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174218858388810338" /></a><br /><br />Although individual monks took a vow of poverty, monasteries were usually very wealthy because government today has recognised the importance of the monastic initiatives for African development, through the help of monks like Father Anselm Adodo, they have been able to give the church land and endowments. Therefore many monasteries were able to set up profitable businesses today with such space; they used their resources to help the sick and the poor. PAX herbal centre situated in Saint Benedictine monastery is one of the biggest herbal research centres in Africa<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Qc59Zgkv714/R86D-TRkalI/AAAAAAAAASI/X81XqzMlDbI/s1600-h/dialogue+006.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Qc59Zgkv714/R86D-TRkalI/AAAAAAAAASI/X81XqzMlDbI/s320/dialogue+006.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174218128244370002" /></a><br /><br />Monks had plenty of time on their hands, and often experimented with herbs and plants which they made into medicines. Their treatments were based on these herbs and plants but also in their belief in the power of God. <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Qc59Zgkv714/R86AjTRkakI/AAAAAAAAASA/I-5ngxeQEQg/s1600-h/dialogue+008.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Qc59Zgkv714/R86AjTRkakI/AAAAAAAAASA/I-5ngxeQEQg/s320/dialogue+008.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174214365853018690" /></a><br /><br />For centuries since the middle Ages, the influence of Benedictine monasticism became evident in the conversion of the villagers, the development of agriculture, the cultivation of learning, and the teaching of crafts. Among the crafts in which monks worked were painting, wood carving, metalwork, carpentry, weaving, winemaking, tailoring, leather tanning<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7302733731597878733-5581333588692634058?l=monasticism-medicine.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Omosun Sylvesternoreply@blogger.com0