Brother Sixtus updates us on a visit from Jon Yarnall, son-in-law of artist George Nakashima, and the return of a Nakashima altar to our church. We also note the installation of a new presider’s chair, designed in-house and constructed here by Mr. Luis Raposo.

Fr. Gregory Havill offered this homily on September 8, 2024, at the Mass for the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time. Highlighting the healing of the deaf-mute, he directs us to important spiritual teachings and implications in this rich story.

In our first installment of a new series, “Voices of the Monastery”, we return to a message inspired by the philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty and presented by Abbot Matthew Stark for a Parents’ Weekend, printed “by popular demand” in the Portsmouth newsletter of March 1971, and offered here again to our readers.