St Benedict And The Liturgy As Opus Dei
Talk given at St Benedict’s Parish/Notre Dame University, Sydney, Thursday 30 August 2018 God’s work and ours Reading the Rule of St Benedict for the first time, one might be surprised to encounter a recurring expression whose meaning is not at first sight obvious. St Benedict refers often to the “work of God”, in Latin, Opus Dei. The […]
44 Women Conclude Exercises At Hartzer Park
Following upon last week’s men’s retreat, another, even larger group, this time of women were able to do the 3-day Exercises concluding yesterday.
41 Brave Cold For First Winter Retreat
Father Prior along with four of the brethren as well as Fr John Dupré from Flavigny are in the middle of men’s retreat at Hartzer Park Retreat Centre in Burradoo, NSW. 41 men are taking part in this event, the first one ever to be organised in the winter months. Here is a photo taken […]
Glory To The Queen Of Heaven!
It’s settled – Jerusalem now belongs to Notre Dame Priory! We give thanks to Almighty God and the Immaculate Virgin for leading us this far, and we entrust the future to her. Father Prior and the brethren as well as a few friends enthroned the Sacred Heart and consecrated the community once again to Him […]
God Exalts The Humble And The Chaste
With the entire Church on earth and in Heaven, with all the angels and saints, today we honour the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, and our Mother. With hearts overflowing with joy we consider the privilege this humble woman has received in being conceived immaculate, chosen to be Mother of God, and […]
Sub Tuum Praesidium – At Our Lady’s Feet
We are now in the midst of a novena to Our Blessed Mother. It started on the feast of the Transfiguration and will end on the glorious feast of the Assumption. During these days, on which we are also following a retreat guided by Fr Mark Bachmann from Clear Creek, we place ourselves before Our […]
Novena Starts Today
Today we begin a novena to Our Lady, by reciting every day the Litany of Loreto. The intention we bring before the Queen of Heaven is that She intercede for us and bring us to the home she has prepared for us. Please unite your prayers with ours and let us pray with confidence that […]
Monks On Retreat This Week
The community of Notre Dame Priory is on retreat all this week. Fr Mark Bachmann from Clear Creek is giving us a series of conferences based on Dom Paul Delatte’s doctrine of the monastic life. Dom Delatte, who was the third abbot of Solesmes, wrote among other things a massive commentary on the Rule of […]
ACCC Conference
Fr Prior took part last week in the annual conference of the Australian Confraternity of Catholic Clergy (ACCC). The keynote speaker was His Eminence Cardinal Gerhard Müller who was kind enough to pose for a photo with Father. His Eminence gave three outstanding talks, focusing on the role of the priest who continues Christ’s mission […]