Advisory board and Pastoral Support

Jonathan Wooding

A retired university professor, Jonathan’s interests range across monasticism and pilgrimage from the Middle Ages to the Modern era—including New Monasticism. He is the author, with Anthony Grimley, of Living the Hours: Monastic Spirituality in Everyday Life (Norwich 2010), as well as many other books and articles. 

Jonathan has supported Monos from its start in delivering talks at its annual conferences and facilitating retreats and workshops in Celtic Christianity, new monasticism and the life and voyage of St Brendan, on which he has written mainly articles and books.

Revd. Dr Robin Gibbons

Revd. Dr Robin Gibbons: Robin Gibbons is Alexander Schmemann Professor of Eastern Christianity. He was professed as a Benedictine Monk at St Michael’s Abbey Farnborough in England in 1973 and ordained priest in 1979. It was there that he became introduced to the Eastern Church, especially the Byzantine Tradition. He later transferred to the Eastern Rite (Greek Catholic) and has specialized in three related areas: Liturgy, the Art and Architecture of the Christian Church and Eastern Christianity and has taught (and still teaches) in these areas in several universities.

In May 2012, he was installed as the International Ecumenical Canon of All Saints’ Anglican Cathedral in Edmonton, Canada, at a Solemn Evensong celebrated by the Anglican bishop of Edmonton. He is also Ecumenical Canon to All Saints’ Cathedral College in Edmonton. He was a member of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oxford, also as Pastoral Director of the Oxford Theology Summer School and the Director of the Department for Continuing Education. Robin has now retired and continues to travel and write, he has contributed to many Monos conferences and is currently working with others in Monos on a reader for new monasticism.

Dom Joseph Delargy O.C.S.O.

Dom Joseph Delargy O.C.S.O., entered Mt. St. Bernard Abbey in 1986, made his solemn profession in 1991 and was ordained priest in 1995. He was abbot of Mt. St. Bernard from 2001 to 2013 and, at the time of his election, he was prior of the community. On January 22, 2020, the community of Mt. St. Bernard elected as Abbot for a six-year term.

Fr Joseph has supported Monos throughout its life from acting as an advisor to hosting us on many occasions in the abbey guest house for workshops and retreats. Now that our Monos Centre is situated on the land of Mt. St. Bernard’s Abbey, in the beautiful surroundings of the National Forest, we are so grateful that he continues to advise us on many topics, offering support from within the traditional monastic community.