Lambs and Vocations

by Fr Michael Perry I was sitting at the front desk in the Portery reading a review in The New Yorker of the new book about Dorothy Day,  when out of the blue (actually the barn) Br John showed up and asked me if l wanted to see his baby pictures.”This should be interesting”, l … More Lambs and Vocations

Holy Week & Easter

From Fr Michael Perry …. CHRIST IS RISEN ! Well, it may have been a quiet week in Lake Woebegone but it was even quieter here at our monastery, our/us being the oblates Brother John and the brothers decided to take a very hard line in applying the rules of safety in this COVID crisis. … More Holy Week & Easter

Happy Easter!

Resurrected For the first time in many years,  I watched the Easter sunrise from my window instead of through the chapel windows at Mount Saviour. Sigh…   Still, it was beautiful and felt like a promise of better days to come. Every year as Lenten season begins, I work with the idea of growth.  The … More Happy Easter!