Previewed in the last issue of this magazine, the Pluscarden Abbey Oblate Handbook has now been published, in both paperback and hard back. It contains a range of chapters on the history of Pluscarden; the history of the Subiaco Cassinese Congregation; on St Benedict, his Holy Rule…
In September 2019 the Chapter of the Province of Monasteries to which Pluscarden belongs met at Montserrat in Spain. This was the regular Provincial Chapter, held according to our Constitutions once…
The remarkable variety of the chants on this disc is far from ordinary. The interpretation is thoughtful, and is based on a real understanding of the chant. As the excellently written booklet says, ‘close attention…
This is a major CD, presenting twenty-nine chants intrinsic to the annual liturgical cycle that have not often been recorded. The singing, united, flowing and deeply musical, does them full justice. The text of each, with translation…
The number of applicants for our Monastic Experience Weekend this year very considerably exceeded the number of available spaces. But providentially, in…
