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BRO JOSEPH BASIL PEREZ, OSB (1925-2012)
Joseph Basil Perez was born in Matura in the County of St. Andrew, Trinidad on 14 June 1925. His father, William, died while he was still an infant and his mother, Daniela, died when he was nine years old. He joined the Abbey of Mount St Benedict on 02 February 1947and was professed as a monk on 04 February 1950. Bro Joe, as he is affectionately called,
MONASTIC PROFESSION OF BROTHER RICHARD JONES
Bro Richard Jones from Guayaguayare made his monastic profession at the Abbey Church, Mount St Benedict, on Tuesday 17 January. The ceremony took place during the 6:45 am Mass in the presence of all the monks. Bro Richard’s mother ...
Fr Ignatius passes on
Our dearly beloved Fr. Ignatius Oudshoorn passed away at Nijmegen, Holland, on Friday 09 December 2011. The funeral took place at the Chapel of Berchmanianum, Nijmegen, where he spent his last years, on Friday 16 November 2011. He was later buried in the monastic cemetery of The Abbey ...
Fr Hildebrand Greene, OSB, honoured by Prison Ministry Team
At a simple function on Sunday 12 June 2011, Fr Hildebrand Greene, OSB, was honoured by members of the Prison Ministry Team. This is a group of Catholic Laypersons who visit the Prison on a regular basis and speak with the Prisoners there on matters of faith. Fr Hildebrand was one of the ...
HOMILY AT THE MONASTIC PROFESSION OF BRO RICHARD JONES
On the morning of Wednesday 17 January 1912, feast of St Anthony of the desert, exactly one hundred years ago this parcel of land was first seen by the founder of Mount St Benedict. He had just celebrated Mass in the Parish Church of St Joseph...
US Senate: Cardinal McCarrick defends religious freedom of Muslims, Catholics
Testifying before a senate judiciary subcommittee hearing on “Protecting the Civil Rights of American Muslims,” Cardinal Theodore McCarrick defended the religious freedom of Muslims and Catholics.
Speaking on behalf of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, the ...
Part 4: How to Be a Dynamic and Evangelizing Parish
Two very different parishes show what it takes to be both energetic and spiritual.
Ascension - 2012
Most of the time when we come to Mass we reflect on our souls, on the meaning and purpose of having a soul, on the eventual destiny of our soul, and on how we relate to others and to God because we have a soul. But what about our bodies? What does it mean to have a body? And how should regard our bodies?
California Catholic Lobby Day
Each year California Catholics gather in Sacramento to speak with their elected officials
about issues of concern to the Church. This effort is ...
Prayer in the Letters of St. Paul
After having examined prayer in the Acts of the Apostles, Benedict XVI announced that he will dedicate his next series of catechesis to prayer in the Letters of St. Paul, which always begin and end with an expression of prayer and which have given us a rich range of forms of ...