David LavichDavid P. Lavich, OCSO, entered the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance at Saint Joseph's Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts, in 1987, after completing twelve years of missionary work in Japan. After serving in Rome as a councilor to the abbot eneral of the Order from 2008 until 2017, he has returned to serve as chaplain to the Order's women's monasteries in Japan. Read More Read Less