On Saturday 9 April one of the brethren tested positive for covid. He duly retreated into isolation at the Lodge. We also have a guest resident in St. Benedict's who has tested positive.
The community was very happy to welcome Fr. Bede towards the end of August, in a well-earned and long overdue home leave from Kristo Buase Monastery in Ghana, where he is Prior.
Media vita in morte sumus - in the midst of life we are surrounded by death. Quem quaerimus adiutorem, nisi te, Domine? - What other helper can we look for, apart from you, O Lord? These words are sung in a responsory, number 42 in our…
Sometimes we receive requests for updated information about our current policies on receiving visitors and guests at the Abbey. Unfortunately these days the hoped-for process of…