Help the Norcia Monks - an appeal

We have all read about and seen pictures of the devastation
caused by the recent earthquake in central Italy.  Although the damage was not as severe as in
Amatrice and other hamlets, the town of Norcia suffered in a real way from the
earthquake.  What most saddened me was
the damage suffered by the Basilica of S. Benedetto and the adjoining
monastery.  Readers of this blog know of
my great