Brother Sixtus reports from the centenary celebration in Washington, D.C.’s “Little Rome” of Saint Anselm’s Abbey, a fellow English Benedictine house with a history interconnected with that of Portsmouth. And we gather news from Sant’ Anselmo in Old Rome as well.

The academic year began, as is our custom, with the celebration of the Mass. Fr. Edward explored the significance of that sacrament and its role in the School community in his homily for the occasion.

We initiate this week a series on “Places of the Monastery.” highlighting spots in and around the monastery or on our monastic grounds that may hold particular significance to the monks or to many of our oblates and friends in the extended monastic community. We begin with the Zen Garden.