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New and Traditional Monasticism: A Dialogue

In March 2018 a small group of leaders of new monastic and emerging communities met with the Mucknell Abbey Community...

20/06/2018

The Lake of Beauty

A poem by Edward Carpenter (1844-1929), the socialist utopian, poet and “LGBT” activist, from his Whitman-esque Towards Democracy (1883). Let your mind...

14/06/2018

Receive What You Are

Another shot of St Augustine taken from a sermon on the eucharist, read at Office of Readings for the feast...

31/05/2018

Monthly Digest: May 2018

Br Michaël made his monthly trip to Canterbury for the third week of his icon writing course. On Monday...

30/05/2018

Br Stuart’s thoughts on Pentecost

One of my friends was 50 a few weeks ago. The day of her birthday was celebrated in a modest...

26/05/2018

Thrones for the Mystery: Timothy Radcliffe OP on monasteries

An excerpt from a talk given by Fr Timothy Radcliffe OP to the Congress of Abbots at San Anselmo in...

26/05/2018

Being a Benedictine outside the monastery

What does it mean to be a Benedictine outside the monastery? We asked the Rev’d Sacha Slavic, a close friend...

21/05/2018

The Builders of Mucknell

On Sunday evenings the Community has its only talking meal of the week (that’s not an oblique reference to cannabalism;...

12/05/2018

Just Let Me Love You

This silent prayer was a surprise. We had just finished Vespers, the sixth time of prayer that day, and frankly...

06/05/2018

Abide in my love

From today’s Office of Readings: an extract from St Augustine’s homilies on St John’s Gospel (15:9-17) Augustine reminds us...

06/05/2018

The ‘Better Part’: Katy’s reflections

During the month of April, the community at Mucknell Abbey hosted three members of the Community of St Anselm for...

30/04/2018

Let’s talk of worms…

Worms have had a very bad press in the Christian faith as a symbol of death, decay and judgement. But looked...

26/04/2018

Monthly Digest: April 2018

After all the excitement of Easter the Community enjoyed a relaxing Octave together. Some of the highlights included a few late mornings...

26/04/2018

The tents-royal of abbesses

Here at Mucknell we have recently joined in a long tradition of monastic beekeeping. It has often been said that the hive models something of the ideal...

25/04/2018

Remembering Sr Margaret Jarman (1932-2018)

A leading figure in the British Baptist Church and a close friend of Mucknell Abbey, Sr Margaret Jarman CPP BD...

16/04/2018

Apatheia and the Passions: audio talks by Rowan Williams

With the kind permission of Mother Mary Luke CHC and Lord Williams of Oystermouth we are pleased to make available...

10/04/2018

New Icon

Br Michäel has finished writing a new icon of St Benedict (pictured). The icon has been commissioned by St Mary’s...

29/03/2018

Monthly Digest: March 2018

At the February meeting of the Church of England’s General Synod a motion was passed which paves the way for...

28/03/2018

Mealtime books: March 2018

Goshawks and Good Living Eating in silence while listening to a book being read aloud is a practice found in...

20/03/2018

Biography: Sr Joyce Mary (1892-1962)

Sr Joyce Mary (1892-1962) Sr Joyce Mary (Joyce Meredith) was born in Wavertree, Liverpool in August 1892, the only daughter...

26/02/2018

Our Lady of Iraq

When I mentioned to Br Stuart that I was putting together a post on the statue we have in our...

22/02/2018

Br Stuart on vocation

Br Stuart on his vocation & monastic life This text originally appeared in Frank Monaco’s Brothers and Sisters: Glimpses of...

12/02/2018

Adrian’s Next Step

Adrian’s Next Step This piece was originally appeared in the Harpenden parish magazine, Link. Adrian has recently taken his next...

12/02/2018

CIR Gathering 2017

In August 2017 Br Aidan joined a contingent of Anglican Religious at the Interconfessional Congress of Religious (CIR) hosted by...

11/01/2018

Talks on Old Testament theology

On Tuesday 13th March we were privileged to have Professor Susan Gillingham join us for the day to give the...

11/01/2018

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