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Belmont Abbey Garden

On June 11, 2020

In March, the monks started the recovery of the long lost monastic garden, peacefully located behind the Music Building....

Belmont Abbey Garden

On June 11, 2020

In March, the monks started the recovery of the long lost monastic garden, peacefully located behind the Music Building....

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Belmont Abbey Garden

Fr. Elias June 11, 2020

In March, the monks started the recovery of the long lost monastic garden, peacefully located behind the Music Building. After weeding and cultivating the soil, we began the garden anew,

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Arthur J. Pendleton, O.S.B. January 24, 1930 – February 21, 2020

Fr. Elias February 26, 2020

Father Arthur J. Pendleton, O.S.B passed over to the Lord on Friday evening, February 21, at Belmont Abbey, in the 60th year of his monastic profession and the 56th year

Br. Bede Makes Simple Profession

Fr. Elias January 16, 2020

Br. Bede (Daniel) McKeon professed simple vows (for three years) and received the monastic hood at Mass on the Memorial of Saints Maur and Placid, January 15, 2020. Present for

Br. Leo Makes Simple Profession

Fr. Elias July 12, 2019

Br. Leo (Sean) Young professed simple vows (for three years) and received the monastic hood at the Mass for the Feast of St. Benedict, Patriarch of Western Monasticism on July

Fr. Kieran Neilson, OSB July 2, 1932 – February 27, 2019

Fr. Elias February 28, 2019

Father Kieran Neilson died peacefully in the Lord at Belmont Abbey on Wednesday, February 27, strengthened by the sacraments. Alexander Patrick Neilson, known as Paddy to his family and friends,

Br. Bede Commences Novitiate

Fr. Elias February 19, 2019

Our postulant, Daniel McKeon, was clothed in the monastic habit and received the name Br. Bede at Vespers (evening prayer) on January 14, 2019. This ceremony marks the beginning of

Fr. Christopher Led the Benedictine Volunteer Corps Retreat

belmontabbey August 8, 2018

Fr. Christopher Kirchgessner directed the Belmont Abbey Benedictine Volunteer Corps retreat this year from August 5-12, cohosted by Belmont Abbey monastery and the Sisters of Mercy of the Southeast Region

Br. James Professes Solemn Vows

belmontabbey August 8, 2018

Br. James Raber professed solemn vows at our community’s Eucharistic celebration on the Feast of Saint Benedict, July 11, 2018. For Br. James, the profession of solemn vows marks the

Br. Leo Commences Novitiate

belmontabbey August 8, 2018

Our postulant, Sean Young, was clothed in the monastic habit and received the name Br. Leo at Vespers (evening prayer) on July 10, 2018. This ceremony marks the beginning of

Monks Serve in Belmont Abbey College’s Summer Schola Program

belmontabbey August 8, 2018

Abbot Placid Solari, Br. Anselm Cundiff, Br. George Rumley, and Br. James Raber were all collaborators in Belmont Abbey College’s summer Schola program. Over the period July 9-21, two separate

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Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time July 12, 2020

Fr. Elias July 12, 2020

Today’s readings speak to us of God’s Word and transformation, the transformation that can be wrought in us by God’s word if we are open to it. This transformation is

The Ascension of the Lord, May 24, 2020

Fr. Elias May 24, 2020

It appears that this great feast of the Lord’s Ascension, the second of the great Easter Feasts, risks being overshadowed by the celebrations of the Resurrection at Easter and the

Sixth Sunday of Easter May 17, 2020

Fr. Elias May 18, 2020

The gospel reading the Church gives us today seems very appropriate for this 6th Sunday of Easter, as we approach the celebration of Christ’s bodily Ascension into heaven and the

Third Sunday of Easter April 26, 2020

Fr. Elias April 27, 2020

The story of the journey to Emmaus, in today’s Easter gospel, brings with it echoes of life, because how often life itself is described as a journey. And of course,

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time February 16, 2020

Fr. Elias February 16, 2020

In today’s gospel, Jesus speaks about the Law. By the Law, Jesus means the law of God with its prescripts and commandments that has been handed down to us. And

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time January 19, 2020

Fr. Elias January 20, 2020

The reason why I came baptizing with water was that He might be made known. In today’s gospel, we hear St. John the Baptist state his mission – to make

Fourth Sunday of Advent, December 22, 2019

Fr. Elias December 23, 2019

The virgin shall conceive and bear a son and shall name him Emmanuel. This prophecy is mentioned twice in today’s readings, and so it seems that we are invited in

Third Sunday of Advent, December 15, 2019

Fr. Elias December 16, 2019

I had a happy experience yesterday. I ran into one of our alumni who told me about his son, who now at age three, is able to be filled with

Second Sunday of Advent, December 8, 2019

Fr. Elias December 9, 2019

Prepare the way of the Lord. Those words almost precisely encapsulate for us the purpose of this season of Advent. Today, as we are called to continue to prepare the

The Solemnity of Christ the King, November 24, 2019

Fr. Elias December 9, 2019

Today’s Feast of Christ the King brings to a close the annual cycle of the church’s liturgy. It fittingly focuses our attention on Jesus Christ and brings alive once again

23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, September 8, 2019

Fr. Elias September 9, 2019

The Gospel today seems harsh, does it not? Jesus has just told us If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters,

22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, September 1, 2019

Fr. Elias September 2, 2019

I suspect we all spend a good amount of time and energy wondering what others think about us – our friends, supervisors, teachers, coaches, neighbors – and try to present

20th Sunday of Ordinary Time, August 18, 2019

Fr. Elias September 2, 2019

The Word of God by which we have been instructed today is difficult, for it is a word of judgment which calls us to account. The words of Jesus speak

Corpus Christi, June 23, 2019

Fr. Elias June 24, 2019

We celebrate today the day the church has set aside to contemplate the great mystery of the Eucharist, the Body and Blood of Christ. It might seem strange that we

Pentecost, June 9, 2019

Fr. Elias June 24, 2019

We have come to the day of Pentecost, the third great Easter Feast which now brings our fifty days of rejoicing in the Lord’s resurrection to a close for this

Palm Sunday, April 14, 2019

Fr. Elias April 15, 2019

With Palm Sunday, we arrive at the closing days of Lent and draw near to the Easter Triduum in which we will make present this year the suffering, death and

Third Sunday of Lent, March 24, 2019

Fr. Elias March 25, 2019

On Ash Wednesday, when we began Lent, we heard the message from St. Paul: behold, now is a very acceptable time; now is the day of salvation. It was a

Ash Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Fr. Elias March 8, 2019

We have been instructed by the readings from the Word of God familiar for this day – the Prophet Joel, the Second Letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians, and

Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

belmontabbey December 8, 2018

The psalm of today’s liturgy perhaps communicates best the theme of our celebration: Sing to the Lord a new song for he has done wondrous deeds...he has remembered his love

17th Sunday in Ordinary Time “B”

belmontabbey August 2, 2018

In both the first reading from II Kings and in the Gospel passage, we read of God’s provident care in providing food for a multitude in a marvelous way beyond

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