Dom Nicholas Elected Abbot of Downside
August 26, 2020
We are sorry to lose one of our monks
This morning the monks of Downside held an abbatial election and elected Dom Nicholas Wetz to be Abbot of Downside. He resumes the role with immediate effect.
Two years ago Dom Nicholas left Belmont to help the community out as Prior Administrator. He had previously been claustral Prior here, and parish priest of the Belmont Parish. He joined Belmont in 1985 and had been in the Abbey School.
We wish him and the Downside Community all the best in the years ahead. Perhaps it is a happy repayment to Downside. Abbot Aelred Kindersley, a Downside monk, became the first Abbot of Belmont exactly 100 years ago this summer.
Please pray for Dom Nicholas and all the Downside community.
On the Commemoration of All Souls, Abbot Brendan reflects on the experience of death within a monastic community, the meaning of Purgatory, and St Benedict’s invitation never to lose hope in the mercy of God.
The Belmont community visit Dowlais, and remember the Benedictine Mission to South Wales as the country remembers the Aberfan disaster.
We welcomed the Knights and Dames from the Midlands and South Wales and thanked God for their mission and service.
A double celebration on the feast of St Michael and All Angels
A School of Love by the Wye: Abbot Brendan on the Cistercians on the Feast of the Holy Cross.
The Blessing of new Icons for the Churches in Stratford-upon-Avon, with inspiring talks by the Abbot Primate and Dr Rowan Williams.
“O Lord, I love the house where you live, the place where your glory abides.”
