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, 20213 min read
St. Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr - Fr Alberic Maisog
-According to the “Status of Global Mission” report which is published by the international Bulletin of Missionary Research there were,...
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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, 20213 min read
Martha, Mary and Lazarus - Fr Alberic Maisog
Sts. Martha, Mary, and Lazarus, July 29 “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things; one thing is needful, Mary has...
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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 24, 20213 min read
John The Baptist
Brothers, the birth of John the Baptist, which we celebrate on this Solemnity, is an event of a type we see repeatedly in the bible: a...
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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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May 14, 20212 min read
Wednesday of the sixth week of Easter - Fr Alberic Maisog
Our Lord said in the gospel: “I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the spirit of truth comes, he will...
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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, 20211 min read
Chair of St Peter
Chair of St Peter By Fr. Alberic Maisog Undoubtedly St Peter is a large figure in Christian history and in the church, but one most...
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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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Oct 7, 20203 min read
WEDNESDAY OF 27th WEEK
Upon entering a church, a child sees people, either on their knees or sitting, with their heads between their hands... He asked his...
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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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Jun 19, 20203 min read
June 17 Homily - Fr Paul Jones
There is a time for living, and there is a time for dying -- and in our Old Testament reading this morning we have the story of dying, as...
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