After two years of COVID-related delay, the monastery was finally able on June 11 to host the religious of the Diocese of Providence for a picnic gathering. Brother Sixtus Roslevich reports on the day.

Father Edward Mazuski returned to Portsmouth in mid-June, having completed a two-month “Formators' Programme” in Italy. He shares with us some of how the opportunity developed his understanding of formation in Benedictine life, and helped to further his personal formation.

The Portsmouth Institute for Faith and Culture held its flagship summer conference in a new and modified form this past month. In addition to its context of prayer and fellowship, the Institute offered a symposium-style program integrating more text-based group discussion and reflection. Bishop James Conley of Lincoln, Nebraska offered the keynote address on the Symposium’s theme: “The Blessings of Liberty.”