30 May Monthly Digest: May 2018
Br Michaël made his monthly trip to Canterbury for the third week of his icon writing course. On Monday...
26 May 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 May 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...
21 May 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...
12 May 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;...
06 May 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 May 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 to not...
30 Apr 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...
26 Apr 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 Apr 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...