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Just Too Cool at Le Barroux
Le Barroux is the short name for the Benedictine Abbaye Sainte-Madeleine du Barroux in S. France. They are a traditional Benedictine community of monks. On the next hill is an Abbey of nuns. This place is fantastic. Just as the … Read More →
Beautiful VIDEO from the traditional Benedictine monks of Le Barroux – the “Wine Monks”
In anticipation of a book release on 25 November, the traditional Benedictines of Le Barroux – the Wine Monks – have a splendid video. These monks revived an ancient vineyard which had once been the papal terrain of the Avignon … Read More →
Daily Rome Shot 308
Photo by The Great Roman™ In Rome’s heart, on the Palatine Hill at the Villa Barbarini, vineyards have been planted. Speaking of vineyards, the monks of Le Barroux support themselves with wine from the revived vinyards of the Avignon Popes.
When the Vicissitudes™ are winding you up… UPDATED
UPDATE: I wrote to the people who handle the wine sales and distribution. They responded: For shipping questions outside of the U.S., please direct people to email: contact@via-caritatis.com and the European Via Caritatis team will take care of them. Note that … Read More →
¡Hagan lío! Wonderful wine from traditional Benedictine monks!
I have received great news from the people handling the excellent Via Caritatis wine from the traditional Benedictines of Le Barroux in France. The monks are working the first papal vineyards in France near Avignon. Some terraces go back to the 5th … Read More →
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7 July 2021 – Tour de France Stage 11, the Monastery at Le Barroux, and wine
Yesterday I posted that Stage 11 of the Tour de France would focus on Mount Ventoux, indeed near to where the beautiful, traditional Monastery Ste. Madeleine is. The monks and nuns of their sister Abbey have revived an ancient vineyard, … Read More →
JUST TOO COOL: 700 year old papal vineyard in France revived by Benedictine Monks
I occasionally post about the wonderful, traditional Benedictine monks and nuns of Le Barroux in Provence. Their monasteries are little slices of paradise. You can hear live online or on demand the men chanting the liturgical hours HERE. I saw … Read More →
For St. Andrew – Exsultet caelum laudibus
I say the older form of the Office and I often listen to the Office sung by the Benedictine monks at Le Barroux. Just for nice, here is Exultet caelum laudibus, hymn for Vespers for St. Andrew the Apostle, sung … Read More →
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A Tenebrae excerpt: “O my people! lament, like a virgin”
The Lamentations of Fr. Z include verses on the loss of the singing of Tenebrae, whole and entire in its proper language. The ordering of the psalms is not particularly profound, but the antiphons and responsories are simply incomparable in … Read More →
PODCAzT 140: Paul VI’s 1966 Letter Sacrificium laudis on the use of Latin and Gregorian chant by religious
It has been quite awhile since I made a PODCAzT, over a year, if you don’t count the offerings during Advent and Lent. I was inspired to get back into it by something I saw at the website of the … Read More →
Just … wonderful… for St. Andrew
I often listen to the Office sung by the Benedictine monks at Norcia and at Le Barroux. Just for nice, here is the hymn for Vespers for St. Andrew, Apostle, sung by the monks at Le Barroux. The monks sing … Read More →
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The Hours chanted in Latin and reader feedback
It is nice to get positive feedback once in a while. You might recall that not long ago I wrote about a couple sites where you can listen to the several of the monastic, liturgical hours chanted in Latin by … Read More →
Midday Beauty Break for the Feast of the Transfiguration
Please use the sharing buttons! Thanks! I often listen to the hours sung by the monks at Le Barroux. Today for Sext the melody of the usual text of the hymn Rector potens verax Deus was strikingly beautiful. Here it … Read More →
Just Too Cool: Options for Divine Office sung in Gregorian chant – ONLINE
There are times when as I work or drive or walk I listen to the Office sung by Benedictine monks. For those of you who would like to get to know more about Gregorian chant, or start a schola, I … Read More →
iPhone app for Le Barroux
I sometimes listen the podcasts of the Benedictine monks at Norcia, in Italy. They record and post on demand recordings of their hours and Mass. Alas, they tend to go flat, a problem many groups have when singing psalms and … Read More →
REVIEW: Benedictine nuns of Abbaye de Notre-Dame de l’Annonciation
I have often mentioned that I think Gregorian chant sung by women only is ethereally beautiful. Listening to the new chant disk by the Benedictine nuns of Abbaye de Notre-Dame de l’Annonciation has confirmed my view. The Benedictine nuns of … Read More →
Pre-order Gregorian Chant CD by Benedictines of Barroux
A while back I posted about the Benedictine nuns who signed a recording contract. Read that here. If you are a user of amazon.co.uk (the UK store for Amazon) you can pre-order their Gregorian chant CD. Click here. I am … Read More →
17 May – Turin, Italy – Solemn TLM, monks and Abbot of Le Barroux
From Romualdica I learn that, for the occasion of the display of the Shroud of Turin, monks and the Abbot from the traditional Benedictine Abbey of Sainte-Madaleine at Le Barroux, France, will have a Solemn Abbatial (Extraordinary Use) Mass in … Read More →
More on the DVD from Le Barroux – NLM’s take!
You will remember that I was enthusiastic about the DVD about the life of the monks at Le Barroux in France. I wrote about the DVD here. I see that our friends at NLM have posted their take on the … Read More →
UPDATE: Le Barroux DVD
A reminder about the DVD put out by the monks of the wonderful Benedictine Monastery at La Barroux in France a long with some additional information. Go HERE for images from the DVD and to get a sense of what … Read More →