Fr. Paul's November Newsletter
Dear Friends, The trip from the HermitageSpiritual RetreatCenter to Assumption Abbey made it official that fall is over. Leaves that...
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Assumption Abbey
- Oct 19
- 7 min
Fr Paul's October Newsletter
Dear Friends Mid October, 2022 I was not eager to leave the...
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Assumption Abbey
- Sep 21
- 7 min
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
- 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
- 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
- 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 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
- 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
- 6 min
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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Assumption Abbey
- Jan 28, 2021
- 6 min
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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Assumption Abbey
- Oct 19, 2020
- 6 min
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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Assumption Abbey
- Jul 20, 2020
- 7 min
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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