Nixon, Fr Robert: - Fr. Robert Nixon, O.S.B., is a monk of the Abbey of the Most Holy Trinity in New Norcia, Western Australia, where he serves as director of the Institute for Benedictine Studies, as a retreat master, and as a liturgist. After a successful career as an educator, musician, and composer, Fr. Nixon joined the Benedictine Order. His interests include medieval Latin literature, especially the lives of the saints. Fr. Nixon is the translator of a number of works, including Meditations on the Holy Angels by St. Aloysius Gonzaga and Humility and the Elevation of the Mind to God by Thomas à Kempis.