28 January 2018

Invitation to young people for Holy Week & Easter - please share!

28 January 2018

The Abbot and Monks of Pluscarden invite young people (aged 18-30) to celebrate the Liturgy with them from Wednesday of Holy Week until Easter...

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22 January 2018

Homilies

Homily for the 8 o’clock Mass, Sunday 3B, 21 January 2018: 1 Cor 7:29-31

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22 January 2018

Homilies

Our brief second reading today follows on in the current little series from the St. Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians. This extract is taken from Chapter 7. We know that very well: it’s the Chapter all about marriage and virginity: so notoriously difficult to interpret. We read it...

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16 January 2018

Homilies

Homily for Sunday 2B, 14 January 2018, on 1 Corinthians 6:13-20

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16 January 2018

Homilies

The body is not meant for fornication, but for the Lord. From now until the first Sunday in Lent, we have a small series of second readings taken from St. Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians. We begin with Chapter 6, and the subject...

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16 January 2018

News & Events

Artist Alan Dawson produces a new painting in aid of the South Range Appeal

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16 January 2018

News & Events

This original painting by artist Alan Dawson is available as a signed, numbered print with a limited edition of 200, with all proceeds going to the South Range Appeal Fund. He created this montage of Pluscarden...

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3 January 2018

Homilies

Homily for the Solemnity of Mary Mother of God, 1 January 2018

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3 January 2018

Homilies

On the Octave Day of Christmas, the day of the circumcision and naming of Jesus, the Church focusses her contemplative gaze on his Holy Mother Mary. Today we proclaim and celebrate our Lady’s Divine Motherhood...

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18 December 2017

Homilies

Homily for Advent 3B, Gaudete Sunday, 17 December 2017; John 1:6-8,19-28

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18 December 2017

Homilies

St. John’s Prologue begins with sublime and poetic theology. He speaks about the Word who was in the beginning with God; about the Word’s role in Creation; about the life which comes from him, which is...

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17 December 2017

News & Events

In search of God - a short film

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17 December 2017

News & Events

A new short film about life at Pluscarden has been published. Created by film-maker Pawel Rokicki, the documentary explores the motivation behind Br Simon's journey to monastic life.

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11 December 2017

News & Events

Welcome to brothers from Vietnam

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11 December 2017

News & Events

The Pluscarden community is very pleased to welcome two new Vietnamese brothers, who have come to stay amongst us for two years. They are Br. Martin de Porres Pham...