Portsmouth Abbey is a community of Benedictine monks on Narragansett Bay.
The monks run schools attached to their monasteries and look after 27 small parishes and mass centers near them.
You are invited to join them for a respite of prayer, work, rest, and recreation. They offer visits to men aged 18-50 who would like to get a taste of monastic life before deciding to answer the call.
During your stay, you will share the life of the monks, including prayer, spiritual reading, manual labor, daily conferences, exercise and rest.
In addition to the informal visits that travelers and friends of the monastery make a various times, the Monastery of the Ascension offers ways in which a person can experience the monastic way of life:
1. Personal and group retreats for those who wish to have a special time for prayer, reflection, and an opportunity for spiritual guidance. [e-mail to norbert@idahomonks.org]
2. Vocational discernment for those men who wish to discern their calling from God in regard to the monastic way of life. [e-mail to frken@idahomonks.org]
This monastery has private rooms, hermitages and retreat facilities for individuals and groups. Retreatants may participate in Benedictine prayer life but are not required to do so. Retreat facilities include:
Plainly appointed comfortable rooms
Hermitages with simple kitchen facilities
Monastic chapel, always open to retreatants
1,000 acres of mountain property with Pecos Riverfront / Monastery Lake
Auditorium / meeting rooms
Retreatants are welcome to join the community at all services.
Spiritual direction is available upon prior arrangement.
Call or email our guestmaster at 505.757.6415 ext. 101 or guestmaster@pecosmonastery.org
Glastonbury Abbey was founded in 1954 by Benet Lake Abbey, Wisconsin. Both of these monasteries belong to the family of the Swiss-American Benedictine Congregation which is part of the world-wide Benedictine Confederation.
This monastery, founded in March, 1945, has from the beginning welcomed retreatants into its life and prayer.
All guests are to be received as Christ and accorded due respect. This mandate of St. Benedict in chapter 53 of the Holy Rule is known the world over as an identifying badge for all monks and nuns.
Mount Michael Abbey, a 400-acre campus, is part of the Western monastic tradition that traces its roots to St. Benedict of Nursia.
Monks provide for the needs of the many guests who visit. The abbey guestmaster provides for the needs of visitors and guests making private retreats.
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The Abbey is also a working farm. Abbey Farms is unique. "guests step back in time a few years". They offer something a little different than other farms – no haunting themes, no electronic games, no gimmicks, just clean old-fashioned outdoor fun for everyone. They offer three seasons of fun for all; Produce in the summer, Pumpkin Daze in the fall and Christmas trees in the Winter.
Coury House facilities include a chapel, meeting rooms, thirty-six completely furnished guest rooms, a couch, comfortable chairs, private bathroom facilities, and an elevator. Meals are taken in the recently renovated guest dining room located in the main monastery building.
The Visitor’s Center at Assumption Abbey is open to all guests, you're welcome to stop in at anytime during regular scheduled hours.
You can find info on self-guided tours, the monastic life, and the history of Assumption Abbey.
Visitor’s Center Hours: Mon - Sat 8:00-11:30 AM, 1:00-4:30 PM, Sundays 8:00-11:30 AM, 1:00-3:00 PM