__The monastic rhythm of life at St Alcuins means that all is peaceful on the surface, but beneath there are strong currents as each monk contends with his own hopes, fears, challenges, and temptations.__Not every monk is settled and secure. Sadness permeates the monastery when it is discovered early one morning that one of the novices, Brother Cedd, has disappeared. It quickly becomes clear that disturbance in the life of one can impact many. As the day goes on, the question looms: will Brother Cedd return? And what will be the consequences if he doesn't?

__In this moving conclusion to The Hawk and the Dove series, Pen Wilcock describes a single day in the life of the community weaving a deeply touching, frank, and witty tapestry of monastic life.__

The culminating volume in the Hawk and the Dove series, this book follows a variety of characters through the monastic day.

The ninth and final volume in The Hawk and the Dove series, which follows a variety of characters through the monastic day.

Penelope Wilcock

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Titles in the Hawk and the Dove series:

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Epigraph

The Community of St Alcuin’s Abbey

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-One

Chapter Twenty-Two

Chapter Twenty-Three

Chapter Twenty-Four

Chapter Twenty-Five

Chapter Twenty-Six

Chapter Twenty-Seven

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Glossary of Terms

Monastic Day

Liturgical Calendar

The monastic rhythm of life at St Alcuins means that all is peaceful on the surface, but beneath there are strong currents as each monk contends with his own hopes, fears, challenges, and temptations. Not every monk is settled and secure. Sadness permeates the monastery when it is discovered early one morning that one of the novices, Brother Cedd, has disappeared. It quickly becomes clear that disturbance in the life of one can impact many. As the day goes on, the question looms: will Brother Cedd return? And what will be the consequences if he doesn't? In this moving conclusion to The Hawk and the Dove series, Pen Wilcock describes a single day in the life of the community weaving a deeply touching, frank, and witty tapestry of monastic life.

In this last volume Pen Wilcock opens up the whole community, engaged in the round of the monastic day and spread across the abbey's estate. This a bird's-eye view, frank and witty, of monastic life. Not every monk is settled or secure. At the beginning, one of the novices sneaks away, troubled in spirit and ill at ease with his chosen path. At the end he returns, but will he stay? His struggles represent those of the whole community, and he is not alone: the older brothers consider the value and purpose of their contribution. This is about what it means to live a committed life. These men who have not been forced together: they have each chosen this way of life, with its particular challenges and temptations - often a hard road, but a rewarding one. For each this is a life lived on purpose, faithful, committed; sometimes peaceful on the surface, but with strong currents beneath.

You can find Penelope Wilcock at her blog Kindred of the Quiet Way, or at home with her family on England's south coast. She writes to bring faith to life, and has worked within the Methodist Church as preacher, pastor, and in school, hospice, and prison chaplaincies.

The final part of the Hawk and the Dove series, this last novel is a moving story of a day in a 14th Century monastery.

A Day and a Life

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