Solemnity Of St Benedict
Vir Dei Benedictus, so we sing in today’s liturgy. Benedict was indeed a man of God, a man sent by God, a man intent on God, a man whose whole life was about and for God. And this is perhaps the first thing Benedict has to teach the world today. There is a God who […]
Duc In Altum
Put out into the deep The fickleness of our human nature is such that we all too often content ourselves with the superficial, the facade, the appearances. It takes effort to move beyond, to enter into the depths of our heart, to “put out into the deep” waters of real and authentic spirituality, to accept […]
Inebriated With The Spirit
These men are not drunk, given it is but the third hour of the day. Thanks to these words of St Peter we know the precise time of day of the descent of the Holy Spirit: the third hour, the hour of Terce, that is, according to our modern reckoning, nine o’clock in the morning. […]
First Victorian Women’s Retreat
22 women are in the process of finishing up a three day retreat at Pallotti College. The brothers will be making their way back home tonight by the Spirit of Tasmania.
First Victorian Men’s Retreat
15 men are in the process of finishing up our first ever retreat in Victoria. Pallotti College, Millgrove, has been in many ways an ideal setting. Fr Prior, accompanied by Brothers Bede and Joseph and postulant Xavier, is guiding the group through the five day Exercises, interspersed with hours of the Divine Office.
Victorian Expedition
Four monks are currently spending the next 10 days at Pallotti College, Millgrove giving our very first retreats in Victoria. Please keep the monks and retreatants in your prayers over the coming days, that their souls may all be open to the special graces God intends to give during this time of retreat.
Fr Charbel In Tasmania
Fr Charbel from the abbey of Ste Madeleine, Le Barroux, France, is spending a few weeks with the community. This is Father’s first time in Tasmania (we hope there will be many more to come!).
The Feast Of Hope
The Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ, 40 days after Easter, should fill us with great joy and confidence. We know that Our Lord took the long, hard road to glory. We know that He was plunged into the depths of the most excruciating sufferings and desolation, humiliated even into the very bowels of the […]
Idleness Is The Enemy Of The Soul…
Rest assured, dear friends, the monks have not been idle since Easter! In addition to the daily manual work at Jerusalem Estate, we (along with our visiting monk from Le Barroux, Fr Charbel) had another long work day today, making further headway into preparing the Old House and its surrounds for moving in. A big […]