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    Fr Paul's June Newsletter
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    • 4 days ago
    • 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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    50 Days of Easter Tide
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    • 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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    Holy Week 2022
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    • 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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    March 29th Homily - Fr Alberic Farbolin
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    • 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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    Ash Wednesday
    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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    Fr Paul's January 2022 News Letter
    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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    Christmas 2021
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    • 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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    Fr Pauls August Newsletter
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    • 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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    Fr Pauls July 2021 Newsletter
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    • 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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    Fr Pauls June 2021 Newsletter
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    • 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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    Ascension Week to Pentecost
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    • 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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    Newsletter 4-19 to 4-25, 2021
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    • 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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    Ash Wednesday Week
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    • 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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    Fr Paul's January News Letter
    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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    Fr Pauls October Newsletter
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    • 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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    Fr Paul July News Letter
    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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    May News Letter
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    • Jun 24, 2020
    • 3 min

    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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    Fr Paul June News Letter
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    • Jun 22, 2020
    • 7 min

    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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    March / April Newsletter
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    • Apr 22, 2020
    • 5 min

    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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    Ash Wednesday
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    • Mar 2, 2020
    • 7 min

    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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