paxabbey at The Abbey of Our Lady of Exile, Mount St Benedict, Tunapuna, Port of Spain 00014 TT - Repair Work on Tower
Repair Work on Tower
Repair work on the Bell Tower began on Thursday 26 July 2007. Leaks from the newly refurbished roof and a crack on the wall due to an earthquake has warranted this. Work will last for approximately one week.
Official Visitors from the Kingdom of the Netherlands
On Sunday 11 October, the Abbey was graced by very distinguished visitors from the Kingdom of the Netherlands. His Excellency the Minister of Justice Mr Ernst Hirsch Ballin, His Excellency Ambassador Hans Horbach, and three members from the Ministry of Justice of the Kingdom of the ...
Abbot John in Germany
Abbot John Pereira left the Abbey on Thursday 10 September 2009 to attend the General Chapter Meeting of the Congregtion of the Annunciation, which is being held in Germany from Saturday 12 to Thursday 17 Septermber 2009. Abbot John will return to Mount St Benedict on Friday 18 ...
MONKS LAUNCH TAXI SERVICE
The Pilgrims will benefit from a new TAXI service launced at Mount St Benedict on Tuesday 01 September 2009. This service replaces the former Bus Service which deteriorated over the past few years. PLACID, the first Suzuki APV seven-seater Taxi, began operating on Tuesday 01 and will ...
Fr Abbot's Mother passes on
Rita Pereira (née Cattine) died peacefully on Tuesday 21st July 2009. She was the daughter of Florence Reece (deceased); widow of Albert V. Pereira, who predeceased her in July 1972. She gave life to many persons by her love and care. She was the mother of Christian (Msgr.), Felix, Maria, ...
RETREAT
Rev Fr Clyde Harvey, Parish Priest of Rosary Church in Port of Spain, led the Community during its annual Retreat held from Monday 06 to Friday 10 July 2009. He drew extensively from his experiences in Parish Life and often used comparisons between Parish Life and Community Life. As a ...
"LISTEN" - CD Launching
On Thursday 02 July 2009, the CD "Listen" was launched at the Church of the Assumption Parish Hall in Maraval. The CD consists of songs by Bro Paschal Jordan, OSB, Llewyn Gill, SLMM, and Michael White. Abbot John and Fr Cuthbert represented the Abbey at the Launching. Fr ...
MONKS HONOUR ST. SCHOLASTICA
St Scholastica is the twin sister of St Benedict and she was one of his earliest disciples to the monastic way of life. Her Feast Day is on 10 February. At Mount St Benedict, her Feast Day is celebrated on the nearest Sunday and this year it fell on Sunday 08 February. The ...
Fr Benedict finally joins the STARS!
The Abbot and Monks of the Abbey of Mount St Benedict report the sad news of the passing away of Fr Benedict Simons, OSB, on Thursday 01 January 2009 at 6:20 pm at the age of 89 years. Cornelius Benedictus Maria Simons was born in The Hague in Holland on 18 June 1919 and joined the Abbey of ...
Homily for the funeral Mass of Fr Abbot's Mother - Friday 24 July 2009
In the comforting words of a great Indian poet and Hindu mystic, “Death is not extinguishing the light, but putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.” And he asks us to remember that "The day that we fear as our last, the last our eyes shall see, is really but our birthday ...
FEAST OF ST SCHOLASTICA
Scholastica is the twin sister of St Benedict! They were quite close to each other both in life and in death. We are told in the Dialogues that, when Scholastica died, Benedict brought her body to the monastery to bury her in the tomb he had prepared for ...