Dear friends, WE STILL NEED YOUR HELP ! Work on the hostel has begun: scaffolding erected, roof dismantled, façade pegged out. The frame is now in place. Without you, it must be said, the work cannot continue… There remains the interior restoration of the hostel: showers, toilets, and dining room. Our guests will thank you for[…]
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OUR CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR WISHES
During these Christmas and New Year celebrations, we send you all our best wishes for health, happiness and grace, and we express our gratitude to you for your offerings. We would like to thank all those whose address we do not have (we would be grateful if you could send us your contact details by[…]
OUR ANNUAL RETREAT
Miraculous Madonna of Taggia. This year, for our annual retreat, Father Damien-Marie, of the Community of the Transfiguration, led us to the heights of contemplation of the mystery of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, dear to the hearts of the monks, making us admire the life and writings of Saint Bede the Venerable, Benedictine Abbot[…]
GOLDEN JUBILEE OF OUR FATHER PRIOR
“O Lord, it is truly just and necessary, it is our duty, and it is our salvation to give thanks to You always and everywhere”, but especially today on this beautiful and wonderful feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary. Dear Brother Monks, dear Sisters, dear Oblate brothers and sisters, dear brothers and friends, God[…]
Dear Friends and Benefactors
Today we are compelled to come and ask you for help for the remainder of our work, some of which has not yet been paid for. We have undertaken the restoration of the hostel; the cells are finished thanks to you, but there is still another part (See picture above): the roof, the reading room,[…]
Solemnity of Saint Benedict
On July 11, 2022, we had the joy of receiving our bishop, Monsignor Antonio Suetta, for the summer feast of Saint Benedict, as well as the town councillors, our mayor Mario Conio and his deputy Espedito Longobardi; several priests whose number allowed the celebration of a solemn mass with deacon, sub-deacon, and cloaked cantors; and[…]
Receive me, Lord
“Receive me, Lord, according to your Word, and I will live!” On the feast of the Epiphany of Our Lord, our brother Placide made his first religious vows for three years. “Guided by an inner star, he came from his faraway land, Brazil, to offer God gold, frankincense and myrrh. With gold, he will offer[…]
FAITHFULLNESS
Following the Motu Proprio Traditionis custodes of July 16, 2021 and the response to the dubia of the Congregation for Divine Worship of December 4, 2021 (promulgated on December 18): We, Benedictine monks of the Immaculate, of the Monastery of Saint Catherine of Siena in Taggia founded on August 1, 2008 by Bishop Mario Oliveri,[…]
We pray for all our friends
It is with gratitude that we prayed for all the families of our friends and benefactors, during our weekly walk in Bussana, and particularly for all those whom we could not thank in particular, not having their contact details: email or postal address (when setting up your transfer, give your details in the space provided,[…]
The habit of the Angels
“The Benedictine monks especially contributed to spreading devotion to the holy angels – they who, by virtue of their magnificent liturgical chants, are on earth imitators of the Angels of heaven, so much so that in the East the monastic state and habit are commonly honored with the title of angelic! “ Cardinal Schuster, o.s.b.,[…]