Monk Shop
In an effort to provide for the subsistence of our small community, we have just added a new button to this website, called “Monk Shop”. You will find there the beginnings of what we hope will one day provide for the community. This month’s featured novelty is the “Kitchen Rosary” which we hope will increase […]
The Forgotten Days
This week, the third of September, the traditional Roman calendar has us celebrate what are known as the “Ember Days”. These are essentially days of prayer and fasting, recurring four times a year (whence their Latin name of “Quattuor Temporum”), and destined to sanctify the four seasons of the year. These celebrations are among the […]
A Valued Gift
Through the intermediary of our good friend Brian Andrews, we received from Nick Beveridge in New Zealand this fabulous Pugin chasuble which we used for the first time yesterday on the feast of the holy apostle St Matthew. May Our Blessed Lady reward the kindness of such generous benefactors, and may we always make good […]
The Joy Of Suffering
It’s a paradox, one that has to be experienced to understand: suffering leads to joy. Our Lord Himself gives us the example in embracing His passion and death. It all started in the Garden of Eden when our first parents sinned. They chose to be fooled by the Enemy into putting themselves before God, lifting […]
One Day Better Than A Thousand
One day in Thy vestibules is better than a thousand elsewhere. (Ps 83) Such are the words Holy Mother Church puts on our lips at the beginning of today’s Mass. Better one single day in the Lord’s house, even at its threshold, than a thousand in the tents of the worldly rich. A gaze of […]
The Work Goes On…
The past few weeks have seen ongoing progress at Margarita, all in preparation for the real (building) work to come, soon we hope.
Saint Regina, A Virgin Conquers Caesar…
Today, 7 September, is the feast of St Regina, a young virgin martyr from Alise-Sainte Reine, France, just a few miles from Flavigny-sur-Ozerain where I spent 32 years of my life. St Regina is dearly loved by the monks of Flavigny, the main reason being that her relics were kept and guarded by the monks […]
The Good Samaritan And The Longing For Eternal Life
Today the traditional Roman liturgy has us read the well-known parable of the Good Samaritan. It also happens to be the Sunday on which, here in Tasmania, our Archbishop has asked his priests to preach on the Catholic doctrine of marriage, in view of the upcoming plebiscite vote on what is wrongly called “same-sex marriage”. […]
What Happened To The Tree? And The Briers?…
By dint of hard work, the brothers have managed to get rid of the huge tree that had been left near the small house at “The Pearl”. A recent photo showed Father Prior with the chainsaw. Well, for the time being, Father Prior is out of work (or rather, the chainsaw is!, Father Prior never […]