Remember to come back on Monday for our next Poetry Party!









(Leaves discovered on the ground outside my hermitage this morning.)
May your weekend bring you the still gifts of winter’s release and rest.
-Christine Valters Paintner @ Abbey of the Arts
Remember to come back on Monday for our next Poetry Party!









(Leaves discovered on the ground outside my hermitage this morning.)
May your weekend bring you the still gifts of winter’s release and rest.
-Christine Valters Paintner @ Abbey of the Arts

Dearest dancing monks, artists, and pilgrims, Tomorrow is our monthly contemplative prayer service and because Simon is in the middle of a big transatlantic move, I will be joined instead by Nóirín Ní Riain, a wonderful friend here in Ireland many of you know well. Because it
We welcome you to submit your reflection for possible publication in our Monk in the World guest post series. It is a gift to read how ordinary people are living lives of depth and meaning in the midst of the challenges of real life. There are

I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Celeste Boudreaux’s reflection and poem on the Iona Nunnery. I thought I was prepared for a week’s retreat on the historic island
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BEAUTIFUL!!!!!
Elaine and Kievas, so glad to find fellow winter lovers! :-)
Beautiful photos…I enjoy the approach of winter, too (and we’ve already had our first snow).