The month of March brings a series of events to the monastery, including days of prayer, lectures, visits, and more. This surprisingly busy month culminates with an early Holy Week, which this year culminates on March 31, Easter Sunday.
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We publish here as we continue our journey through Lent, two homilies of the season from our daily conventual Masses, one from Abbot Matthew Stark and the other from Fr. Gregory Havill.
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We revisit a visit, an extraordinary visit somewhat lost to history – though perhaps remembered by scholars familiar with the author Evelyn Waugh. On a March day, now 75 years ago, Portsmouth Priory hosted the author and his wife at the conclusion of his 1949 tour of the United States. Br. Sixtus Roslevich tells the story.
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Editorial note: With our staff reduced due to travel and study, The Current will reduce its publication rate from weekly to monthly for March-August 2024. Please find ongoing news and updated information at: portsmouthabbeymonastery.org