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
- Oct 7, 2020
- 3 min
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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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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Assumption Abbey
- 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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Assumption Abbey
- 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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Assumption Abbey
- Jun 19, 2020
- 3 min
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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Assumption Abbey
- 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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Assumption Abbey
- 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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Assumption Abbey
- Feb 25, 2020
- 7 min
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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assumptionabbey
- Jan 22, 2020
- 5 min
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, 2020
- 4 min
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, 2020
- 3 min
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, 2019
- 3 min
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, 2019
- 4 min
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, 2019
- 4 min
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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