Message of Abbot Paul - Monday - 27th May 2024
Abbot Paul • May 26, 2024
Today in England we keep the Solemnity of St Augustine of Canterbury, who was sent to England by Pope St Gregory the Great at the end of the Sixth Century to convert or reconvert the English people to the Christian faith. He was a monk who lived according to the Rule of St Benedict and arrived in Kent with forty companions not only to evangelise the English but also to bring monastic life following the Benedictine tradition. May he intercede for us today.
Yesterday I was so busy that I didn’t get the opportunity to write a message for today. I do apologise. I share a few photographs of flowers taken during a ride in the countryside to the north of Salonica. Be assured of my prayers.
It was wonderful to see so many people at the annual torchlight procession in honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary. We also enjoyed an evening of wonderful magic and music with Fr Dominic and friends... all in a good cause.
At a solemn Mass, the feast of St Basil and St Gregory, Br Alban makes his promises as a claustral oblate.
