Br. Joseph Carron is from Birmingham, England. After taking a B.Sc. degree in Ecology, and spending some time working for the Environment Agency, he was enrolled as a candidate for the Priesthood in the Diocese of Lancaster, and entered Allen Hall seminary in London.
Assorted news: visit of Fr. Bede, Canonical Visitation, crops, and COVID update
Official Permission for Development
Friends of the Abbey will be disappointed to read that, on July 13th, Moray Council published an official grant of Planning Permission for the proposed housing development at Barnhill. The site for the 9 new houses is almost immediately opposite the monastery, just on the other side of the Black Burn.