Brother Sixtus Roslevich invites us to join him in his historical education about Portsmouth and environs. Along the way, we make some new friends.

The day before Valentine’s Day, at a weekly Church Assembly, Abbot Michael Brunner presented this Church Talk challenging us to consider our thinking about valentines and insects and, in our current political environment, the state of Jesus’ commandment of love.

First published in “The Portsmouth Bulletin” in 1975, this reflection by Abbot Matthew Stark on monastic life as a pursuit of truth connects this pursuit to all Christian life and particularly to the life of monks and educators.