Introduction I have continued to read the Gospel of Luke over the past month, and I am still studying this book, along with the Acts of the Apostles, in my Scripture class. While weighing up what to write for this post, I began mentally to list what themes are commonly attributed to Luke’s Gospel: prayer, […]
Oblate Pilgrimage to Ripon Cathedral On the eve of the Feast of St Benedict and at the height of the heatwave, a party of Stanbrook oblates set out for the cool interior of Ripon Cathedral. The main focus of our pilgrimage was to visit the crypt built by St Wilfrid (634-710) and dedicated in 672, […]
We are grateful to Adrienne Frazer who has sent in the following list of books: in her own words, ‘an eclectic selection that I love, the majority of which I’ve read many times’. Great Novels A Town Like Alice Nevil Shute Two adventures in one book with such positive main characters and romantic too. Milkman […]
Introduction After finishing the Letter to the Ephesians, I have moved on to the Gospel of Luke for my lectio. This choice is to complement my study – we are looking at Luke’s Gospel and Acts in my Scripture classes. All the Gospels have their own perspective and texture. When I think of Luke’s Gospel […]
On Saturday 13 June the Stanbrook community, oblates and friends met for the annual Study Day. The theme was chosen to mark the tenth anniversary of the Dedication of the Abbey Church on 6 September 2025. In the morning Dom Edmund Wales OSB, monk of Ampleforth Abbey, gave a richly illustrated talk on Roman Basilicas […]
Year of the Book We are delighted to have received several responses to our appeal for Year of the Book entries: a book which has changed your life; maybe your first book or one that you return to often. We shall be sharing these in the coming months on the website and in Stanbrook Benedictines. […]
GOLDEN JUBILEE OF DAME BENEDICTA WHITE Saturday 16 May 2026 A glorious May morning dawned, in contradiction to the grey skies predicted by the weather forecast. There was also, at last, some warmth in the sun to cheer the fifty or so who gathered at Stanbrook to celebrate Dame Benedicta White’s fifty years in the […]
Introduction After the Easter Octave I returned to my Lent Book, St Paul’s letter to the Romans, for my lectio, reading it this time in the RSV translation in a study bible which gives lots of insight into the context and meaning of St Paul’s words and message. Looking back, I found that I was […]
As well as being the Lunar Year of the Horse, this is also the Year of the Book, or, more accurately, ‘The National Year of Reading’, an initiative by the National Literacy Trust to celebrate and encourage reading. Studies show the urgency of such an initiative: a YouGov poll in March 2026 showed that 40% […]
Introduction For my lectio during the Easter Octave, and continuing into Low Week, I have chosen, from the many riches offered us by the liturgy at this time, the first letter of St Peter. This is used in the Roman Office for the Office of Readings, and in our own Stanbrook Office at the corresponding […]
House Chronicle for HOLY WEEK and EASTER 2026 Our oblate, Canon Christopher Jackson, arrived the Saturday before Palm Sunday (28 March). The lodges, which were already filling up, looked splendid, as if floating on a sea of daffodils and primroses. There was a good crowd for the Palm Sunday procession. Fr Chris preached on Jesus’ […]
The poem below, written by Theodulf of Orleans, was translated by Helen Waddell and included in More Latin Lyrics from Virgil to Milton edited with an introduction by Dame Felicitas Corrigan which was published by Victor Gollancz Ltd in 1976. THEODULF OF ORLEANS (750 – 821) Wherefore the scars of Christ‘s passion remained in the […]