Let the Sun shine!

It has been raining off and on for a while now here in Christchurch, but today, with a break in the weather a few brothers made the most of...
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O Holy Night!

Our candle-light Christmas Midnight Mass on Stronsay. Dominus dixit ad me: filius meus es tu, ego hodie genui te. The Lord hath sai...
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Favour received from the Bonnie Prince.

Kelly reports this favour from The Bonnie Prince: Victoria is a little three year old girl who was born blind. She lives in the unite...
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Rejoice!

Gaudate Sunday falls on the third Sunday of Advent.  It takes its name from the first word of the Introit. "Gaudete in Domino s...
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Rorate Coeli Desuper et Nubes Pluant Justum

The Rorate Mass is a special Advent devotion in honour of Our Blessed Lady and is especially traditional in Germany and Poland.  The title ...
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Calendar OUT NOW!

The 2014 Papa Stronsay Calendar is OUT NOW! Packed full of beautiful and diverse images, daily liturgical calendar, major anniversaries and...
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A Perfect Storm

5th December 2013 saw an impressive storm hit large parts of the UK.  Here is how it looked on Stronsay, the island next door to Papa Stron...
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It's all in the detail

One of the many details found on the image of The Bonnie Prince is His brooch.  He is pictured wearing the Hunterston Brooch . The Hunterst...
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Homage to the King of kings, the Bonnie Prince.

The holy image of Our Lord Jesus Christ,  King of kings,  set in Scotland,  under the title of  The Bonnie Prince.   Our Lo...
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How can I keep from Singing?

One of my happiest mornings was spent in 2008 in St Cecilia in Trastevere, built upon the remains of the house of St Cecilia. Time sp...
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Notice to Friends

Until the end of February when the weather is bad or westerly,  it is not possible to moor the monastery boat at our Papa Stronsay p...
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The Pronouncing of Vows

On the feast of the dedication of the Archbasilica of the Most Holy Saviour, 9th November, we had the great joy of witnessing Br Peter pron...
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Aberdeen Mass time Correction

Just a quick post to correct the previously announced time for the upcoming Mass in Aberdeen.  The Date is in fact the SATURDAY   16th NOVE...
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Traditional Mass Celebrated in Aberdeen

On Saturday 19th of October, we had the pleasure of celebrating the first official Traditional Mass on the Aberdeen diocese mainland in rec...
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Yesterday's Feast of Christ the King

The Feast of Christ the King gives us an occasion to honour Our Lord as Our Sovereign and to consider the aspects and grandeur of His Royal...
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Something to lift your spirits!

Perhaps many of you have already heard about this, but it has only just come to my attention.  Back on the 24th of September, extracts of ...
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Godly Kings of the Past

Last Sunday was the feast of St Michael the Archangel, traditionally called Michaelmas.  In the secular, anti-religious society in which w...
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Fr Yousef Marie in Sydney

Last Sunday Fr Yousef Marie, F.SS.R. celebrated Holy Mass in the Church of the Fraternity of Saint Peter in Lewisham, Sydney Australia . ...
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