Benedictine Monks

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Our Benedictine Community arrived to Rostrevor in Northern Ireland from the Abbey of Bec in France in January 1998. Our coming to Northern Ireland is a response to a call addressed by the Church to monasteries of contemplative life to engage themselves in the mission of spiritual ecumenism, rooted in prayer, conversion of heart and charity, in those corners of the world where Christians are divided.

"We have been called to share in the Resurrection of Christ not because we are religious heroes, but because we are suffering and struggling human beings, sinners fighting for our lives, prisoners fighting for freedom, rebels taking up spiritual weapons against the powers that degrade and insult our human dignity."

Thomas Merton

We are happy to suggest for your on-going
reading of the Sacred Scriptures the
programme we ourselves follow at lauds
and vespers.

We propose for your meditation a text from Brennan Manning

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