Each Advent season the abbey community celebrates with an Advent wreath in the dining room. Joseph Do lights the candle for the first week of Advent on Saturday, Nov. 27.

Two men arrived at the Abbey to begin life as monastics the week of Nov. 21. Neil Adam of Allan, left, is a live-in and Geoff Bennetto of Edmonton is a candidate.

Two monks from the United States visited St  Peter’s Abbey Nov. 11-14 to conduct a visitation. The visitors were Prior Bradley Jenniges of St. John’s Abbey (Minnesota), centre left, and Abbot Placid Solari of Belmont Abbey (North Carolina).  A visitation is a periodic examination of monastic life as lived at St. Peter’s. They discussed their report with the community on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 14.

November is the traditional month to pray for the dead. During the month the pictures of the deceased monks of Saint Peter’s Abbey are displayed in church. Fr. Paul and Fr. Joseph were the monks who died this past year.