Our monthly liturgical focus this year is focusing on the Eucharistic Renewal ongoing in the United States. For this issue, we have collected important meditations selected by Abbot Matthew Stark.
In conjunction with our eucharistic theme in this issue, we include a homily from Abbot Matthew Stark, O.S.B., offered on Holy Thursday of 2022. He highlights two themes: the humility of the washing of feet, and the teaching of the Real Presence.
Abbot Michael Brunner, responding to the request from the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, called the extended community together for prayer and fasting this past Tuesday, inviting all to Divine Adoration and Benediction.
As a contemporary example of an expression of the “high ideal” of Benedictine education, we include a recent Church Assembly reflection of Abbot Michael Brunner, inspired by the challenges of
We reproduce here the text of the Providence Visitor article from January 29, 1926, outlining the creation of a school by the community of Benedictines at Portsmouth. The article identifies Leonard Sargent as the head of the project, and describes the foundation as expressing the “high ideal” of Benedictine education.
Brother Sixtus Roslevich tells us about the discovery of a piece of the monastery’s history, uncovered by Roberta Stevens, the monastic librarian. It provides us with insight into the foundation of the School, from the perspective of the Diocese of Providence.
Brother Sixtus Roslevich introduces us to Mr. Luis Raposo, an active and talented artisan whose expertise in woodworking is manifest throughout the monastery and the School campus. Luis has worked at Portsmouth for nearly 35 years and has clearly left his mark.
Abbot Michael Brunner offered this homily at the Mass for Reunion Weekend, also the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, based on the story in Matthew’s gospel of the laborers in the field. The gospel account offers an unusual and challenging business model.