On Thursday 6 May our postulant Lewis Scarpellino was clothed as a novice, receiving the monastic name Br. Andrew.
Our new novice was born and brought up in Warwickshire, England. Before coming to the monastery he gained a degree in Classics at Oxford University. He also spent time at an Institute of Classical Languages in Rome. From this he acquired his somewhat unusual ability to converse with fluency in Latin or Ancient Greek. Since being at Pluscarden he has worked in the laundry, the refectory, the sacristy and the garden.
