On the Season of Pre-Advent

The Resumed Sundays after Epiphany One of the peculiarities of the Traditional Liturgical Calendar is its inclusion of the ‘resumed’ Sundays after Epiphany. In years...

13 Years

A Welcome to County Meath, Ireland It was thirteen years ago that we first set foot in the little abandoned Monastery that was to become...

Mother Mectilde and the Ave Maria

Our Lady of Victory Leading up to October 7, 1571, Pope St Pius V, as GK Chesterton was to put it, “cast his arms abroad...

The Legend of St. Francis

Francis saw the goodness of God in created things, especially in created things that showed some truth about living the holy life. Among the birds...