Seeking the Absolute Love: the Founders of Christian Monasticism / Mayeul de Dreuille

Mayeul (Francois) de Dreuille OSB was born at Cressanges, France on 3^rd December 1920; he made his monastic profession on 8^th December 1940 at the Benedictine Abbey of La Pierre-Qui-Vire and was ordained priest on 24^th February 1945. Since 1954 he has been involved in monastic foundations in Madagascar, India and Congo, opening himself to the cultures and religions of these countries. In charge of training young monks, he noticed that the earliest Fathers were more accessible to them than more recent Western literature and that a knowledge of history was a necessary basis for a true inculturation. Hence his publications, first in India, now made available to a wider readership.