Thanks for your enquiry. We aim to respond within seven days but during busy periods this may be longer.
According to annual custom, Bishop Hugh led a Pilgrimage of the Aberdeen Diocese to Pluscarden on Sunday 30 July. This year in Scotland that day was kept as the transferred Solemnity of SS. Peter and Paul. As last year, our Pilgrimage congregation was much enlivened by the…
Exeter Cathedral School was founded some time in the 12th century, and boasts an almost unbroken existence from that day to this. I went there as a boarder in 1966, aged 7, with a scholarship linked to my place in the Choir. We sang…
I myself will look after my sheep... I shall pasture them on the mountains of Israel... I shall feed them in good pasturage. The words of God to the prophet Ezekiel we heard…
Four times in his final discourse at the Last Supper, according to St. John, Jesus speaks of the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete. He will be with us forever. He will teach us everything. He will bear witness to Jesus. He will convict the world…
Today’s magnificent Collect, or opening Prayer of the Mass, begins with the word “Deus” “O God”. Usually in a Collect the first word “Deus” would refer to God the Father, whom we address through his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. But today the object…
The quarterly magazine which generally includes a letter from Fr Abbot, a diary of recent activity at the Abbey, book reviews and articles by monks, oblates or visitors.
Pluscarden Abbey has been awarded a grant of £80,500 from the Rural Tourism Infrastructure Fund. The purpose of the fund is to relieve the pressure of increased tourism in remote…
The Pentecost Lectures take place from Tuesday to Thursday this week, at Pluscarden Abbey. The lectures are open to all and free to attend.
Many people who come to Pluscarden like to light a candle in our Church. The Pluscarden public candle stand is set up by the icon shrine of Our Lady in the South Transept. Candles placed there burn as a symbol of prayer. We can now accept requests…
The 2019 Pluscarden Abbey Monastic Experience Weekend will take place from Friday 2nd to Monday 5th August. The weekend is a long-established opportunity…