Monk in the World Guest Post: Rosemary McMahan
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Rosemary McMahan’s reflection and poem Today. As a monk and artist, my primary medium is poetry, crafted in response to the wise instructions of our spiritual ancestor, Pelagius, who advised, “Write down with […]
Cultivating Seeds of Liberation – Prayer Cycle Launch and 20th anniversary celebration!
May 2, 2025 @ 4:00 pm IST – 5:30 pm IST –
with Christine Valters Paintner and guest writers and musicians
Join Abbey of the Arts for this free event as we celebrate the start of our 20th year of supporting monks and artists in transformative living! We will also be launching our brand new prayer cycle of morning and evening prayer on the theme of Cultivating Seeds of Liberation.
Monk in the World Guest Post: Kellie D. Brown
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to our Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Kellie Brown’s reflection on walking with care in a body that is chronically ill, and her poem Circumambulate. The wise philosopher-teacher of Ecclesiastes wrote: “A generation goes, and a generation comes,/but the […]
Creating New Beginnings in Times of Unravelling ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess
A Blessing for Hope*Dreamkeeper,bless me with vision to see the possibilities for this hurting and broken world. Help me to remember that hope is not a thingbut an action, I cannot know that what I do is of any consequence, but I must do something. I must walk in trustthat I plant seeds for others,that […]
Writing on the Wild Edges: St. Brendan’s Voyage as Creative Guide
May 12, 2025 – May 13, 2025 @ 4:00 pm IST – 5:30 pm IST –
with Christine Valters Paintner, Simon de Voil, Nóirín Ní Riain, Deirdre Ní Chinnéide, and guest artists
Join us for a 5-day virtual journey that is part writing retreat and part inner pilgrimage. We will be exploring St. Brendan’s story as a map for our own creative process. Each day we will consider an aspect of how the story invites us into our creative practice and we will engage in various writing explorations together.
A Blessing for Trust in Abundance ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess
A Blessing for Trust in Abundance*Spirit of generous abundance,remind us there is always more than enough,enough food, enough love, enough time, enough resources. Help us to see how our patterns of livingseparate and disconnected amplifies our scarcity. Bring us into the joy and challenge of communitywhere bread divided multiplies, where laughter shared overflows. Empower us […]
Monk in the World Guest Post: Jean Wise
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Jean Wise’s reflection The Spiritual Practice of Writing a Poem Each Day. At the end of my third-grade year, my teacher gave me a book of poetry. “When I saw this book, […]
