Another long silence concludes with several exciting events. On August 6th, 2010 Brother Anthony Zemenick made solemn vows in Norcia. We are pleased to offer you our ‘homemade’ video hosted by youtube which took place during a solemn Mass in the Basilica of San Benedetto, built over St Benedict’s birthplace. Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_W0EPpNr5s Part II [...]

The long period of silence in our news and notes has not been for lack of activity. On the contrary, the monks have been as occupied as any large and growing family. A guesthouse full of pilgrims, NAC seminarians, students and retreatants has been part of that activity, but so has the passing of loved [...]

Abba Macarius the great desert father was asked for a word of monastic wisdom by some of the brethren and he humbly proclaimed, “I have not yet become a monk myself, but I have seen monks.” This from a man who only ate on Saturdays and Sundays; a man who was known as “a god [...]