18 December 2018

News & Events

Clothing ceremony

18 December 2018

News & Events

On 11 December 2018 Br. Benedict Joseph Miller began a formal period of probation, with a view to transferring his vows to our community. Br. Benedict Joseph is an American, who for some years has been a member of…

Pluscarden Abbey

18 December 2018

News & Events

Award for Pluscarden documentary

Pluscarden Abbey

18 December 2018

News & Events

Many people commented positively on the BBC Four "slow TV" Documentary programme on Pluscarden, ("Retreat: Meditations from a Monastery") which was shown last October. The artistic conception of the film was excellent, and the quality…

Pluscarden Abbey

12 December 2018

News & Events

News on the A 96 dual carriageway

Pluscarden Abbey

12 December 2018

News & Events

There has been some progress in the planning of the new A 96 dual carriageway between Aberdeen and Inverness. Transport Scotland made an announcement on 4 December 2018 about its preferred option for the route…

Pluscarden Abbey

10 November 2018

News & Events

Bishop Hugh elected President of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland

Pluscarden Abbey

10 November 2018

News & Events

At their recent Conference meeting, the Scottish Catholic Bishops elected our own Bishop and former Abbot, Dom Hugh Gilbert OSB, as their President. We are delighted to hear this news, and assure Bishop Hugh of…

Pluscarden Abbey

30 October 2018

News & Events

Annual Community Retreat

Pluscarden Abbey

30 October 2018

News & Events

The Annual Community Retreat was preached this year by Dom Paulinus Greenwood, Abbot of Chilworth in Surrey. The Retreat took place from 21 to 27 October. Abbot Paulinus took Wisdom as the theme for all his…

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24 October 2018

Publications, News & Events

Tempus per annum: new music recording released

Pluscarden Abbey

24 October 2018

Publications, News & Events

The monks of Pluscarden present a new album: Tempus per annum. The album explores music used in ‘Ordinary Time’ - that is, all the weeks that fall outside the Seasons of Advent…

Pluscarden Abbey

24 September 2018

News & Events

Temporary road closure to Pluscarden

Pluscarden Abbey

24 September 2018

News & Events

Moray Council have begun works on a stretch of road close to the monastery which cuts us off from Elgin by the normal route. The rather brief stretch of road between Pluscarden Kirk and the Village Hall is officially…

Pluscarden Abbey

28 August 2018

News & Events

Visit from Lord Alton

Pluscarden Abbey

28 August 2018

News & Events

The Pluscarden community was delighted to welcome David Lord Alton with his wife Elizabeth to Sunday Mass on 19 August 208. Lord Alton is…