Benedict Simmonds b. 11/30/38 d. 1/17/13 First profession 3/21/86 Solemn profession 6/17/89 Br. Benedict Simmonds died peacefully Thursday evening at 8:00 PM.  Abbot Robert Barnes and Abbot Damian Carr (of Spencer, here for a meeting) were with him reciting the prayers for the dying. In the course of the day, a number of Br, Benedict’s […]

Several in our community are under the weather so we ask you to keep them-and everyone suffering from this awful flu in your prayers.  

This Thursday, 18 January begins the annual Octave of Prayer for Church Unity. What’s an Octave, you may ask? As the Latinists among you recognize, the word is derived from the Latin word for Eight and designates in the Liturgy, eight days of celebration. With an Octave, if you begin on a Sunday, for example […]

The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. Vincent Collins presiding and preaching. The monthly Eucharistic Adoration will begin at 4:00 PM and all are welcome.

What treasures of good works, what riches of devotion lie hidden in the field of an individual’s body; and how much more in the depths of the heart, if you only take the trouble to dig! I am not saying what Plato taught: that before the soul came into the body it learned arts which […]

St. Benedict seems to cover everything in his Rule.  In Chapter 36 he deals with sick brothers and directs the monks:  “Care of the sick must rank above and before all else, so that they may truly be served as Christ…”  We are certainly doing that around here right now.  By last count at least […]

The Monastery Shop will re-open this afternoon, Friday, 11 January and resume regular hours.

Br. Barnabas was well enough to move to the Rehab Center on Cork Street in Winchester. That’s very good news for him and for us. His balance problem will be explored there, as well as his long-standing problem with swallowing. Fr. Malachy’s gerontologist is aiming to move him to a rehab center when he’s well enough […]

The Gift Shop will be closed today due to illness in the community. Please check back here over the next few days for updates.

I’ve been told that we are experiencing one of the worst outbreaks of flu in history this month. I haven’t checked the data on that. I can add that it’s not flu afflicting us here, but also a round of colds. I can report that Br. Barnabas and Fr. Malachy are responding to treatment at Winchester medical […]