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Moray Council have begun works on a stretch of road close to the monastery which cuts us off from Elgin by the normal route. The rather brief stretch of road between Pluscarden Kirk and the Village Hall is officially…
These familiar words are taken from the account of the Last Supper in St. Luke’s Gospel. They are an appropriate choice for the feast of St. Gregory, who described himself as Servus servorum Dei - the Servant of the servants of God. That…
The ritual purifications of the law were only ever meant to be symbolic. They were an outward sign of the human need to be clean before God, to be reconciled with him, to be in communion with him. The Old Testament is…
These days many are speaking of leaving the Catholic Church, and stopping going with her, not because of her divine teaching, but because of the sins and infidelities of her official representatives. The latest revelations about clerical abuse, both…
Some 24 Oblates of Pluscarden came for the special Oblate Weekend 17-20 August 2018. Talks on the Oblate life were given by Rt. Rev. Richard Moth, Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, formerly Catholic Bishop of…
The Pluscarden community was delighted to welcome David Lord Alton with his wife Elizabeth to Sunday Mass on 19 August 208. Lord Alton is…
The number of applicants for our Monastic Experience Weekend this year very considerably exceeded the number of available spaces. But providentially, in…
Three Sikh gentlemen came to stay at Pluscarden for some days at the beginning of August this year. They wanted to explore Catholic Christianity in an environment of prayer and peace. They assisted at all…
The Roman Gradual offers five proper Chants for the Mass of each Sunday: the Introit, Gradual, Alleluia, Offertory and Communion. We don’t know who selected the texts for these Chants, or who composed the music, or where…
One of the characteristic features, and curses, of modern life is excessive busyness. With all our labour saving devices and computer automation, the pace of life seems to get just faster all the time. So many people these days have…