Fr Paul's September Newsletter
Dear Friends, September 12-18, 2022 I thought that my drive to the Monastery...
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Assumption Abbey
- Aug 23
- 7 min
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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Assumption Abbey
- Jun 29
- 7 min
Fr Paul's June Newsletter
Dear Friends, Mid June, 2022 I likely will never tire of driving the back...
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Assumption Abbey
- May 24
- 3 min
Good Friday
Good Friday In the passion story according to John which we have just heard, the last words that Jesus said on the cross before he bowed...
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Assumption Abbey
- May 24
- 6 min
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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Assumption Abbey
- Apr 18
- 10 min
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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Assumption Abbey
- Apr 18
- 2 min
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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Assumption Abbey
- Mar 7
- 5 min
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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Assumption Abbey
- Jan 31
- 8 min
Fr Paul's January 2022 News Letter
Dear Friends, January, 2022 As the old carol puts it, “In the...
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Assumption Abbey
- Dec 28, 2021
- 6 min
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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Assumption Abbey
- Aug 31, 2021
- 3 min
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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Assumption Abbey
- Aug 31, 2021
- 7 min
Fr Pauls August Newsletter
Dear Friends, August, 2021 On the drive to my August week at the monastery,...
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Assumption Abbey
- Jul 29, 2021
- 3 min
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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Assumption Abbey
- Jul 29, 2021
- 6 min
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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Assumption Abbey
- Jun 24, 2021
- 3 min
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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Assumption Abbey
- Jun 21, 2021
- 7 min
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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Assumption Abbey
- May 24, 2021
- 7 min
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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Assumption Abbey
- May 14, 2021
- 2 min
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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Assumption Abbey
- Apr 26, 2021
- 9 min
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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Assumption Abbey
- Feb 22, 2021
- 1 min
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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