Fr Paul's September Newsletter
Dear Friends, September 12-18, 2022 I thought that my drive to the Monastery...
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Aug 23, 20227 min read
Fr Paul's August Newsletter
Dear Friends, It has been almost two months since I was last at the monastery, having cancelled my September visit because of the...
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Jun 29, 20227 min read
Fr Paul's June Newsletter
Dear Friends, Mid June, 2022 I likely will never tire of driving the back...
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May 24, 20226 min read
50 Days of Easter Tide
Dear Friends, The drive to the monastery provided splendid assurance that God’s favorite color is green. And whoever said that green and...
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Apr 18, 202210 min read
Holy Week 2022
Dear Friends, When I left the Hermitage Spiritual Retreat Center for the monastery, spring had left daffodils and forsythia as her...
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Apr 18, 20222 min read
March 29th Homily - Fr Alberic Farbolin
Brothers, we all feel our hearts warmed and gladdened by today’s gospel account of the man, lame, unable to walk who, with a word from...
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Mar 7, 20225 min read
Ash Wednesday
Dear Friends, It was a gorgeous day as I left for the monastery, with a bright sun glittering on the melting snow. But there was sadness...
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Jan 31, 20228 min read
Fr Paul's January 2022 News Letter
Dear Friends, January, 2022 As the old carol puts it, “In the...
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Dec 28, 20216 min read
Christmas 2021
My Dear Friends, Peaceful was the drive through rural Missouri, the black trees silhouetted against the browned fields and a gentle grey...
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Aug 31, 20217 min read
Fr Pauls August Newsletter
Dear Friends, August, 2021 On the drive to my August week at the monastery,...
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Jul 29, 20216 min read
Fr Pauls July 2021 Newsletter
July 2021 Dear Friends, As I drove toward the monastery, the summer’s flower derby was nearing an end -- with Queen Anne’s Lace...
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Jun 21, 20217 min read
Fr Pauls June 2021 Newsletter
Dear Friends, As I drove away from the Hermitage Spiritual Retreat Center, I was achingly thankfully. The local United Methodist Church's...
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May 24, 20217 min read
Ascension Week to Pentecost
Dear Friends, Last weekend was as glorious as one could ever hope -- bluest of sunny skies, temperature at 75, with a gentle coaxing...
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Apr 26, 20219 min read
Newsletter 4-19 to 4-25, 2021
Third Week of Easter Dear Friends, It seems that everything that grows competes each spring to present itself as the most beautiful...
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Feb 22, 20216 min read
Ash Wednesday Week
Dear Friends, Sunday the temperatures plunged to 2 above, and the weather prophecy was for blizzard snow overnight and into Monday. Fr....
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Jan 28, 20216 min read
Fr Paul's January News Letter
Dear Friends, January, 2021 It was a grey, brown, and wintry day as I drove south from the Hermitage Spiritual Retreat Center for my...
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Oct 19, 20206 min read
Fr Pauls October Newsletter
Dear Friends, October, 2020 As I left the Hermitage Spiritual Retreat Center, we were probably one third of the way through a strange...
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Jul 20, 20207 min read
Fr Paul July News Letter
Dear Friends, July 13-19. 2020 It is truly a “Lazy-Daisy Summer,” as we called it as children. But the “daisy” part, represented by the...
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Jun 24, 20203 min read
May News Letter
Dear Associates and Friends, The Lord be with you. The Solemnity of Pentecost, which closes the Paschal season by celebrating the coming...
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Jun 22, 20207 min read
Fr Paul June News Letter
Dear Friends, June, 2020 It has been 16 weeks since I was last at the monastery, missing four of the regularly scheduled weeks -- as the...
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