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...
The Living Icons in the Holy Rule of Saint Benedict
Christo Omnino Nihil Praeponant: To Prefer Nothing to Christ Each Person is an Image of Christ Jesus said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is...
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...
