Gilly Withers writes:…. Stefan Reynolds was the speaker at the Benedict’s Well Zoom meeting on Monday 27th July. His topic was : The Rule of St Benedict on Relationships: Living the Monastic Archetype in the Home & Family. If you did not see it, it is available on YouTube. The link is :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ja_ipg3q-8 In his […]
First On-line Retreat
In May during lockdown, I participated in the UK Oblate Retreat which was for the first time held via a Zoom meeting online. Facilitated by four members of the WCCM the theme was ‘ Reflections on Simplicity a focus on St Benedict’s 12 steps of humility.’ At first, I thought, ‘I wonder how this is […]
Fr. Laurence to give talk on the Rule at 9am this Saturday 11th July – St Benedict’s day
From Encyclopaedia Brittanica….Italian monkWRITTEN BYMichael David KnowlesRegius Professor of Modern History, University of Cambridge, 1954–63. Author of The Benedictines: A Digest for Moderns; Thomas Becket; and others.See Article HistoryAlternative Titles: Saint Benedict of Norcia, Saint Benedict of Nursia St. Benedict, in full Saint Benedict of Nursia, Nursia also spelled Norcia, (born c. 480 CE, Nursia [Italy]—died c. 547, Monte Cassino; feast day July 11, formerly […]
Margaret Stone
Margaret Stone (1946 – 2019) as with all of us have many descriptors:- daughter, sister, nurse, wife, mother, grandmother, but one that she wore well in her later life was that of a sincere and committed oblate. Margaret made her Final Oblation in Brisbane, Australia in 2011. Her presence at cell days contributed not only […]