The Portsmouth Abbey Oblates meet several times a year for prayer, a good meal, communio, and a presentation. This time we heard the witness of Dionne who represented the Portsmouth Oblates at the International Oblate Meeting in Rome back in September 2023. I think it was the 5th time an international meeting of Oblates met in Rome.
The Portsmouth Oblates follow the Benedictine charism of a 1500+ year tradition bequeathed by Saint Benedict and the venerable monastic tradition of monks, nuns, sisters and lay people: prayer, work, and reading (study).