Contemplative… Good Friday 2021 29 Mar 2021March 20, 2021 Good Friday is a difficult day and a day of grace. Difficult because today we see Christ on the cross; of grace because today we see Christ on the cross.…
asceticism… Voices from the silence: letters from Italian hermits to a suffering nation. 19 Mar 2021March 19, 2021 A journey from the North to the South of Italy to tell the eremitical experience. Stories of men and women who try to recover the profound sense of themselves and…
Contemplative… May The grace of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you! 7 Mar 2021March 7, 2021 "May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you". This is the salutation which brings…
asceticism… Guarding the ‘Desert’ 23 Jan 2021March 16, 2021 When the edict of Constantine in 313 AD consecrated the freedom of Christian worship and the adoption of Christianity as the religion of the empire, the variegated ferment of “radicalness”…
About Catholicism… Dear Fr. What does prayer really mean to you? 26 Jul 2020March 19, 2021 James HughesBerrynarbor North Devon6th March 2019 Dear Father Ugo-Maria, My name is James from Berrynarbor in north Devon. I am 17½ years old and since I was 13 have been…
About Catholicism… THE IRISH CELTS, THEIR MASS AND THEIR LITURGY 10 Mar 2020March 19, 2021 The Ardagh chalice, now preserved in the National Museum in Dublin, seems, in the glitter and perfection of its workmanship, to crystallise and bring down to earth all the romance…
Contemplative… Living in a contemplative manner. 6 Jan 2020March 19, 2021 Reflections given by the Ven. Father Ugo-Maria Ginex for the “Cloister of the Heart” retreat held at St. Luke's Chapel Oxford University, Saturday March 3, 2007. «One should seek solitude as…
Cathusians… Saint Bruno – The Experience of the Desert by Dom André Louf OCSO 8 Oct 2019March 16, 2021 Dom André Louf OCSO Instead of the normal annual write up on Saint Bruno on his feast Day we decided to share an article by Dom. André Louf OCSO (1929-†2010)…
Cathusians… The Kingdom of Silence 11 Apr 2019March 19, 2021 In the famous monastery, 32 monks lead a life of asceticism obeying the very strict precepts issued more than nine hundred years ago. At the end of a long path…
