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Jubilee celebrations – Feast of St. Benedict

Our monastic community celebrated the Golden Jubilee of five sisters who, on 11 July 1960, promised fidelity to the monastic way of life.  The fidelity of a sixth, Sister Frieda Horak who died two years ago, was also celebrated in … Continue reading

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New Faces around the Monastery

Today, we welcomed two women, Katie and Leilani, as Affiliates, the first stage of the process of discerning a vocation with our monastery. Both have visited a few times already, and we will certainly be seeing more of them as … Continue reading

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Are the monks making tonic wine or Commotion Lotion?

Buckfast Abbey in England is a community of Catholic monks who maintain their lives through bee-keeping and through the production of a tonic wine, made according to a method brought when French monks re-founded Buckfast Abbey more than 300 years … Continue reading

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