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Ave Maria!

Christmas treat for the eyes and ears. Here is a rendition of Christe, Redemptor Omnium (Christ, Redeemer of All) a Christmas Vespers hymn. It is beautifully sung by the Monks of Benedictine Abbey of Calcat with the Boy’s Choir of L’Alumnat and set to classic paintings of Nativity scenes. Merry Christmas, Enjoy!

Ave Maria!

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De Profundis an In Exitu

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Variety #286 – Fra Solanus talks about Life in an Ancient Irish Monastery ( 28min) >>> Play

Ave Maria!

Fra Solanus tells us about how the how the early Irish monks lived in the years following the introduction of Christianity to Ireland. He describes, inter alia, the structure of the monastic settlements; the life, labours and prayer life of the monks; how the monastery was governed; and the formation of the postulants and novices. This was how the Irish monasteries existed prior to the 12^th Century, after which time they lost their own monastic rules and were obliged to come under another rule such as the Rule of St. Benedict.

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