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A New Look

The second stage of our web site make-over has now been implemented. We hope you like the, er, crafted look. It begs the question: how far should monasteries accommodate themselves to contemporary demands for constant variety. When St Maximilian Kolbe began his attempt to revivify the spiritual life of his contemporaries, he had no qualms about insisting that his printing house should use the very latest and best equipment. He was simply taking forward ideas inherent in the adoption of printing as the technology of communication. The internet has become one of the most important communication technologies of today, but we need to be discriminating about how we use it.