Sunday Schedule

• 4:00 A.M. - Vigils (choral office in church)
  • lasts about an hour and fifteen minutes
• 6:00 A.M. - Lauds (in church)
  • followed by breakfast for guests from 6:30 to 7:10 am in the monastic refectory
• 8:45 A.M. - Terce (in church)
  • lasts about 10 minutes
• 9:15 A.M. - Conventual Mass (Eucharist)
  • followed by refreshments in the Guest Reception Area for all
• 11:30 A.M. - Sext (in church)
  • lasts about ten minutes, followed by Light Meal in the monastic refectory, 11:45 to 12:30 pm
• 4:00 P.M. - None (in church)
  • lasts about ten minutes, followed by Main Meal in the monastic refectory
• 5:30 P.M. - Solemn Vespers and Benediction (in church)
  • lasts about 45 minutes
• 7:30 P.M. - Compline (in church)
  • lasts about 15 minutes, followed by Nightly Silence

Daily Schedule

• 4:00 A.M. - Vigils (choral office in church)
  • lasts about one hour
• 5:45 A.M. - Lauds (in church)
  • lasts about thirty minutes, followed by Mass
  • breakfast for guests in the Breakfast Room in the Guest Reception Area, 7:00 - 7:45 A.M.
• 8:45 A.M. - Terce (in church)
  • lasts about ten minutes
• 9:00 A.M. - Work meeting for guests outside the Gift Shop.
  • Work for All
• 12:40 P.M. - End of work period
• 1:00 P.M. - Sext (in church)
  • lasts about ten minutes, followed by Main Meal in the monastic refectory
• 3:30 P.M. - None (in church)
  • lasts about ten minutes
• 5:20 P.M. - Silent Prayer (in church)
• 5:50 P.M. - Vespers (in church)
  • lasts about thirty minutes
• 6:20 P.M. - Light Meal
  • until 6:50 P.M. in the monastic refectory
• 7:30 P.M. - Compline (in church)
  • lasts about fifteen minutes, followed by Nightly Silence.

Please note that sometimes Compline is cancelled in church and the monks celebrate it by themselves. Also sometimes Vigils is cancelled in the morning and an abbreviated Vigils is observed the night before. When these things happen, it will be announced.