The new prior of the ecumenical monastic community of Taizé, Brother Matthew (Andrew Thorpe), is an old friend of our community. We wish...

Carthusian monk of Parkminster Chaterhouse, England.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) Being an apostle does not mean climbing up the church's hierarchy to look down on others but humbling oneself in a...

When it comes to clerical abuse, “it is not enough to ask for forgiveness,” said Pope Francis. True enough. But not even that much is on...

Jesus, according to the Gospel of Matthew, only ever spoke in parables. Or, as John’s Gospel rephrases it (casting a different light on...

Clericalism is a disease. A virus. And a very infectious one. In fact, it’s a type of “corona” (or “crown”) virus, if you will. It...

Christ is Risen! And our hope lives, despite everything. The Paschal Mystery is a "mystery" indeed ... and no popular opiate or naive...

It is with great joy that we announce that today, Sunday 30 January 2022, the professed brothers and sisters of the monastero di Bose,...

The newborn Christ rests in a cave ... because there is no room in the "inn". He rests within the cave of our open and, yes, often broken...

On the final day of the forty days of prayer inaugurating the "Laudato Si' Action Platform" (a great idea, despite its clunky name!),...

Romuald was a wise teacher. He understood that, zealous novices though we may be, we will, more than likely, not be able to "accomplish...

The zeal of a novice is far preferable to the cynicism of the know-it-all. In fact, we would all do well to remember that "in the path...

Prayer is one of the defining features of monastic life—perhaps the most important one from a practical point of view. It is the thing...

Today is the birth day of the church. No, not the “Birthday of the Church” but the birthing day of that mysterious “communion of saints”,...

As some of you may know, our sister community, the Monastero di Bose in Italy, has been going through some difficult times lately. While...

Today is Divine Mercy Sunday. It is the culminating day of the Easter Octave—the “eighth” day of the first week of the New Creation: a...

He is risen indeed! Is there anyone here who is a true lover of God? Then come, enjoy this resplendent and most radiant Feast! Anyone...

… we have just celebrated the Mass of the Lord’s Supper and entered into the mystery of the Triduum, the three culminating days of Holy...

Whether our thoughts swarm about like hungry sharks or swirl like shoals of skittish sardines or languidly weave in and out like trout...