> (Is anyone familiar with the Rule of St Columcille? If > so, are there any editions of this Rule?) St Colmcille wrote two Rules. The extant Rule is the one for hermits and is in "The Celtic Monk: Rules & Writings of Early Irish Monks," Uinseann O'Maidin OCR., Cistercian Pubs., 1996, ISBN 0879076623 (pb) and 0879075627 (hb) Fr Ambrose %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%