Abbot Peter met Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk at the episcopal consecration of Fr. Michael Smolinski, CSsR, in Saskatoon Jan. 20.

Monks and guests enjoyed the Vietnamese noon dinner today which was prepared by our new Vietnamese cook Martin, left.

The Abbey church was full for our Christmas Eve mass at 9 o’clock. The hymns before mass featured Silent Night sung in five different languages, including Vietnamese.

St. Peter’s Abbey monks gathered with the staff and volunteers for a pre-Christmas coffee party on Dec. 14.