On the first Sunday of every month (except January) we celebrate a mass to which all are welcome to attend. Mass is at 12 noon and is followed by tea and coffee and a tour of our grounds for new visitors.

We are excited to announce that our next young adult programme will take place November 1st to December 5th, 2012 in Crestone, Colorado! Spread the word about this unique opportunity for silence, contemplation, and transformation amongst the pristine Rocky Mountains.

Thomas Merton, in an effort to open up the wisdom of the East, specifically a certain strain of Tao to Western spirituality and thought, published a book in 1965 called The Way of Chuang Tzu.  “Tao is obscured when men understand only one of a pair of opposites, or concentrate only on a partial aspect of being.” “The wise man…sees →

It is difficult to convey the spiritual life in a film, since so much of what goes on is in a realm that is not seen or heard.  And usually, although it may seem dramatic to the person who is living it, there is not a lot of action for an onlooker.  However, the French film,  “Of Gods and Men” →

Authenticity is about becoming real.  It is a dangerous business, and it takes a lifetime.  The alternative is a superficial life that is nothing more than an act for others.  Authenticity, living out of the truth of who we are, is the greatest freedom.  Phoniness is the most tragic and heinous form of slavery.  Properly understood, Shakespeare’s maxim “to thine →

The Wisdom of the Desert by Rowan Williams How could the desert mothers and fathers have anything to say to modern life?  Williams convinces us that their wisdom is pertinent. In our society we are either too conformist or too individualistic. How can we become more authentic? How escape the imprisonment of the ego or false self?  Silence tells the truth. →

Grace and nature sometimes cooperate with each other. Easter season is a good example. Irish spring erupts in a riot of flowers and blue skies and sun-dappled seas so symphonic that you can't be unhappy even if you try to be unhappy. We leave the tomb whether we like it or not and, as the poem says “all the world →

Jesus: A Portrait by Gerald O’Collins, Dartman, Longman and Todd, 2008. Gerald O’Collins is a Jesuit scripture scholar, but this book is not academic. It is a picture of the Jesus that O’Collins has gotten to know through his lifetime of both study and prayer, and so it is both scholarly and inspiring.  His chapters on the Passion and Resurrection are →