Peace and Good in Christ!

Well, we have almost reached the end of rebuilding and outfitting the New Monastery. BUT WE STILL NEED YOUR HELP.

We are asking each person on our Facebook Pages and everyone on our mailing list to donate just $10 a piece. That would solve the problem.

Specifically:

• The areas still in need are Library and Sacristy Shelving, Chapel PA, Conference Room, Guest Parlor, Wellness Rooms, Community Living Room, and School Rooms.
  These all need to be completed, and the costs add up pretty quickly.
• The grounds around the New Monastery still look like a gaping sore on the open earth. We desperately need to get grass, trees, and greenery planted for soil and water conservation.
• Local furniture stores and nurseries have been most generous in offering us great deals that have seriously reduced the overall cost.
• We are also putting in a good PA in the chapel so that speakers and preachers can be adequately heard. Westwood Music in Los Angeles has been most generous in helping us out there as well.

All of this comes to well over $100,000!!!

WE STILL NEED YOUR HELP!

PLEASE CONSIDER DONATING JUST $10 TO HELP US FINISH THE NEW MONASTERY!!!

It is for the greater glory of God. I can confidently promise you that you will be rewarded by God 30, 60, and 100 fold for any sacrifice you make for His glory in this work.

Thank you all for your marvelous generosity! DONATE $10 HERE!

- John Michael Talbot

ALLELUIA!!!!
Dedication of New Monastery For Catholic Christianity at Little Portion Hermitage

ALLELUIA! On April 10th, 2010 Bishop Anthony Taylor of Little Rock consecrated and blessed the Church and New Monastery at Little Portion Hermitage. The New Monastery replaces the Charity Chapel and Common Center of the Hermitage that was destroyed by fire April 28th, 2008.

A simple, but beautiful building in the style of a Franciscan Mission, it uses “green” technology that makes it environmentally friendly, and energy efficient. For two years the integrated monastic community of 35 have been worshiping and sharing common meals, and ministry in a make shift facility originally designed to accommodate one family. The opening of the New Monastery is a cause for great joy, and marks a new chapter in the history of this integrated monastic community! Read More...

Feast of the Transfiguration 2010

Today’s feast teaches us on two levels: Form and content.

Regarding form: Jesus goes into solitude, but with companions. This was His custom. He was often called to deserted places to pray. But in the most important moments He also takes a few companions. It is true here, and in the Garden of Gethsemane. Both are in preparation of His passion. Read More...

Also:
He Is Risen! - Easter 2010
The Suffering of Christ - Good Friday 2010
A Triduum Blessing 2010
Listen, and be Christ-Like - Holy Week 2010
Lent & Ash Wednesday 2010

Discover the secret to happiness that
St. Francis knew centuries ago:

“The world is my cloister, my body is my cell, and my soul is the hermit within!”

John Michael shows that you need not live in a monastery to know the peace of God and be a blessing to the world. You can cultivate solitude, silence, and sacred stillness on the spot where you are standing. You can live from the hermit within wherever you are. In chapters ranging from meditation to community, the gift of tears to the music of life, John inspires all of us to live the life of the spirit as expressed by our spirtual forebears.

New Itinerant Ministries Planned

In the fall of 2009 we began an exciting new direction in JMT ministry! We are returning to my radical gospel roots. I am very enthused by the fruit we are seeing from this already. We are experiencing a fresh and powerful new wind of the Spirit in my ministry and community.

I want to share that enthusiasm and joy with you! Specifically this means that we are going to local regions and staying there for several weeks doing many events throughout the area. These events range from a single evening of Music, Teaching, and Contemplation, to three night missions, retreats, and teachings in a parish.

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