News & Events

Heaven, Earth and Jesus: The Mysteries of Christian Eschatology

The 2026 Pluscarden Pentecost Lectures to be given by Fr Simon Francis Gaine OP Professor of Theological Anthropology, Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas, Rome.

Archbishop Richard Moth of Westminster

The Pluscarden community joins so many others in praying now especially for Richard Moth, recently appointed Archbishop of Westminster.

The Death and Burial of Br. John Aidan Cook

Br. John Aidan Cook was buried here at Pluscarden on Saturday 6th December. He was not a monk of our house, though he had spent time trying his vocation with our community in 2018. 

Br. John/Aidan had first tried his vocation with the Benedictine monks of Norcia in Italy. While still a Junior, both physically and mentally he found himself unable to continue on there. He came here in 2018 to see if he could live this vocation at Pluscarden.

Community Retreat November 2025

The Community retreat, 10-15 November, was preached this year by Fr. George Bowen C.O., a member of the London Oratory. Fr. George has many years of experience of work as a school and prison Chaplain. But very notably he has been acting recently as Postulator for the Cause of promoting St. John Henry Newman to be a Doctor of the Universal Church.