March / April Newsletter
Dear Associates and Friends, A BLESSED & HAPPY EASTER SEASON! This Lent and Easter season turns out to be special this year for the whole...
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Assumption Abbey
Mar 2, 20207 min read
Ash Wednesday
Dear Friends, Ash Wednesday Week Our spring rains began early, washing the world all the way to the monastery. It was only a week since I...
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Assumption Abbey
Feb 25, 20207 min read
February 2020 Newsletter
Dear Friends, When I left the Hermitage Spiritual Retreat Center there were patches of snow decorating the landscape. But as I went...
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Jan 22, 20205 min read
January 2020 Newsletter
Dear Friends, The week before coming to the monastery was discouraging. My e-mail got sick -- unwilling to send or receive messages....
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Assumption Abbey
Jan 2, 20204 min read
Mother of God
Mother of God – Year abc -From the beginning of salvation history God had ceaselessly engaged patriarchs, kings, prophets, and all manner...
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Assumption Abbey
Jan 2, 20203 min read
Holy Family
Holy Family – Yr abc -Today we celebrate the feast of the Holy Family, a feast instituted by the Church to support family life. The...
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Assumption Abbey
Aug 20, 20193 min read
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Today’s Old Testament reading focuses on a very tiny happening, yet it became a turning point in the whole history of Israel. It begins...
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Assumption Abbey
Aug 20, 20194 min read
Twentieth Sunday, August 18, 2019
Can you imagine having to preach a homily that you didn’t want to preach? If so, maybe you can sympathize with me this morning. Like you,...
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Assumption Abbey
Jun 25, 20194 min read
April May Newsletter
Dear Associates and Friends, The Lord be with you! Orchids turned out to be the sturdiest symbol of death and resurrection for us this...
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