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December 2021

An Abbot’s Notebook

November 30, 2021

Abbot Hugh Allan on the enduring appeal of the Norbertines as the Order turns 900

Diary: Memories of Christmas down the years and across the seas

November 30, 2021

It was when I first saw Uncle John Harman’s black trousers protruding under Father Christmas’s scarlet robe that my world changed. Up till then I had taken it for granted that grown-ups did not tell lies. Those stories of Father Christmas coming down the chimney, of Father Christmas reading my carefully written yet impassioned pleas

Celebrating the total victory of life even as we struggle

November 30, 2021

As attacks on society’s most vulnerable proliferate, Christmas lets us glimpse the value and meaning of every human life

The joy of unexpected things

November 30, 2021

Why we should always believe in the mystery of Christmas

Contemplating death at Christmas

November 30, 2021

Coronavirus has made us all more aware of our mortality – and that’s a good thing

The father we need

November 30, 2021

As a model for the modern father, we should cherish Saint Joseph’s presence in society. By Piers Paul Read

Stop the horror of persecution

November 30, 2021

John Pontifex on the Red Wednesday campaign calling on the UK government and UN to take action to end sexual violence against Christian women

Christmas presence

November 30, 2021

Can we look forward to a better feast this year?

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