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One of the most tiresome aspects of travel is baggage - getting it all together, deciding what to take, what to leave, making sure you’ve left nothing out – passport, pills, papers, tickets, money, spare this or that. You’ve…
At their recent Conference meeting, the Scottish Catholic Bishops elected our own Bishop and former Abbot, Dom Hugh Gilbert OSB, as their President. We are delighted to hear this news, and assure Bishop Hugh of…
According to the mind of the Catholic Church, a building that has been solemnly dedicated, consecrated, blessed, hallowed, set apart for divine worship, is of itself a cause for celebration, for gratitude, for an annual expression of rejoicing. A Dedication…
While I was waiting to enter here as a postulant, back in 1984, I received a series of letters from Dom Maurus, who was novice master at the time. He often signed himself with some such phrase as “In His service” or “In…
The Annual Community Retreat was preached this year by Dom Paulinus Greenwood, Abbot of Chilworth in Surrey. The Retreat took place from 21 to 27 October. Abbot Paulinus took Wisdom as the theme for all his…
Our new CD recording opens with today’s Entrance Chant, Laetetur cor. This Chant is very ancient. It’s rather brief; largely made up from stock formulae; unadventurous in range and development, and with a simple structure. It’s also a work of musical genius…
By tradition, the Pluscarden Community has an annual outing to some place or places of local interest. This year on the…
The monks of Pluscarden present a new album: Tempus per annum. The album explores music used in ‘Ordinary Time’ - that is, all the weeks that fall outside the Seasons of Advent…
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.
Many of the early Fathers of the Church noticed a connection between sadness and anger. If someone was sad, that sadness could turn to anger. It can work also the other way round and anger can leave one depressed…