Monk in the World Guest Post: John Spiesman
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for John Spiesman’s reflection “Dream, Dream, Dream.” As noted by Christine Valters Paintner in The Soul’s Slow Ripening (Sorin, 2018), dreams were respected as signs and invitations from God to a calling bigger than our […]
Join Us On a Virtual Pilgrimage to Ireland ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess
Dearest monks, artists, and pilgrims, We are thrilled to be offering a second virtual Celtic pilgrimage starting a week from tomorrow which will be the eve of Samhain and the Feast of All Hallows. Journey with us over nine days as we deepen into Celtic wisdom and hear the stories of Kevin, Ita, and Enda. Each day’s […]
Hildy Tail ~Balaam & the Talking Ass
This week we are featuring one of our Hildy Tails. This series of essays were composed last year for our Sustainers Circle. They were dictated to John by the Abbey’s mascot, Hildy the Monk-ey. Hildy is a bit of a free spirit who likes to entertain and doesn’t normally feel constrained by conventional story structure […]
Monk in the World Guest Post: Laurel Pepin
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Laurel Pepin’s reflection, “My spiritual practice of receiving light.” In the beginning was light. The light of the universe, brought into being in an unimaginably short moment. Light and energy, energy and […]
Centering Prayer
Jan 18, 2023 @ 5:00 pm GMT – 6:30 pm GMT –
with Therese Taylor-Stinson
This prayer experience will be offered monthly during November, December, and January. You are welcome to join us once, twice, or for all three sessions. Each session requires separate registration.
Centering Prayer
Dec 14, 2022 @ 5:00 pm GMT – 6:30 pm GMT –
with Therese Taylor-Stinson
This prayer experience will be offered monthly during November, December, and January. You are welcome to join us once, twice, or for all three sessions. Each session requires separate registration.
Centering Prayer
Nov 16, 2022 @ 5:00 pm GMT – 6:30 pm GMT – Wednesday, November 16, 2022 5-6:30pm Ireland12-1:30pm Eastern9am-10:30am Pacific Register Now Program Description Centering Prayer is a method of Christian meditation that places a strong emphasis on interior silence or stillness. The modern movement in Christianity can be traced to three Trappist monks of St. Joseph’s Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts, in the 1970s: Fr. William Meninger, Fr. […]