From Abbot Raymond Dear Associates. I am off to Africa on 1st Jan. to inspect our Monastery of Our Lady of the Angels in Nigeria . I will b...

The Two Christmases – Response. Our friend David has kindly agreed to let me include his response to Abbot Raymond’s Christmas Day Mass H...

Abbot Raymond at Christmas Day Mass THE TWO CHRISTMASES If we think of Christmas as the celebration of the Incarnation; ...

Mary and Joseph... Some thoughts on Joseph's role in the Christmas Saga. A Blessed Christmas from Fr Raymond IT IS NOT GOOD FOR WO...

Striking Gold on a Vanishing Reading from Ambrose of Milan . The ‘pale moon was rising’ on the 20th December when I took this snap of th...

Knights Templar. Christmas Carol Service. On Saturday 15th December the Knights mustered, with their families, to the Abbey Guesthouse Chape...

Some thoughts on the coming Prince of Peace. Fr Raymond “Peace! Peace!” – but there is no peace! The Christian proclamation about the comin...

St. Lucy, Nunraw, Lucia di Lammermoor. The feast of St. Lucy. December 13, has something of a resonance at Nunraw which, in the guise ...

Immaculate Conception 2007 Morning Chapter Image of Mary - Donald Nicholl Fr. Mark had an interesting introduction to his Sermon for the...

From a Friend. Subject: The Immaculate Conception - an image You know that I have written before of the special place in my life that is...

Some thoughts on Mary's Immaculate Conception. I hope she doesn't mind me comparing her to a fashion model. But the beauty and att...

Immaculate Conception 2007 What better reflection for 8th Dec than the Conclusion to the Encyclical of Benedict xvi - SPE SALVI - SAVED BY ...

Feed Back - There is a place for Comment Below A short monastic story. A certain young man of 20yrs entered a monastery and took the name ...

Abbot Raymond - Morning Chapter ADVENT 2007-08 For the Gospel of the very first Sunday of Advent we might expect the Church ...

Monday/Tuesday, November 26/27, 2007 Fire at the Farm. After mid-night the large straw shed was burned down. The alarm came from neighbours ...