Cathusians… Dom Elia Castellani O. Cart. 7 Mar 2020March 7, 2020 Dom Elia Catellani, a Carthusian monk who for many years lived in the Hermitage of Serra San Bruno, passed away at the at the age of 89 at the "Pugliese"…
Easter… EASTER MESSAGE – SUN. 21 APRIL, 2019 20 Apr 2019 Fra Ugo-Maria Ginex Eremo Santa Maria - St. Mary’s Hermitage Paschae2019 My Dearest Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Laudetur Iesus Christus Et Maria Immaculata - in saecula saeculorum! Amen I…
Homily… QUINQUAGESIMA SUNDAY AND INSTRUCTION ON LENT 2 Mar 2019March 2, 2019 What is Quinquagesima? The period of fifty days before Easter. It begins with the Sunday before Ash Wednesday, called Dominica in Quinquagesima or Esto Mihi from the beginning of the…
Homily… Sexagesima Sunday – The Fruitful Seed is the Faith. 23 Feb 2019February 23, 2019 Why is this Sunday called Sexagesima? The word Sexagesima means sixty. According to the First Council of Orleans, in the year A.D. 545, many pious ecclesiastics and lay persons of…
Carthusian History… The Carthusians – Lower Franconia 13 Jan 2019 This is a translation of Prof. James Hogg's article in "Historisches Lexikon Bayerns" I do not take credit for the article other than it's translation which I hope will do…
Homily… And Jesus unrolled the scroll … 9 Jan 2019 A look at Luke 1:1-4; 4:16-21) Often, the Gospel of Luke emphasises the Jewish roots of Jesus. This is an aspect that has often been minimised or obscured during the…
Eulogies… Ven. P. D. Marcellin Theeuwes O. Cart., the 72nd successor of St. Bruno has passed away… 8 Jan 2019 Dom Marcellin Theeuwes O. Cart., the 72nd successor of St. Bruno, has passed away. He died after a long illness on January 2 at the southern French Charterhouse of Méounes-lès-Montrieux.…
Contemplative… The destruction of female Monasteries 26 Dec 2018December 28, 2018 A literal or metaphrase (word-for-word) translation by a Hermit of Saint Bruno of the article "La distruzione dei Monasteri femminili" by Veronica Rasponi of Corrispondenza Romana. (by Veronica Rasponi) The destruction of the female…
Christmas… And the Word became flesh… 23 Dec 2018December 23, 2018 Dear Brothers and Sisters, A solis ortu usque ad occasum laudabile nomen Domini... (Psalmi 112:3) In parishes, the commentary on the Christmas gospel is very often the opportunity offered to…
