BECOME A BENEDICTINE MONK........are you being called?

11 March 2023

Act now and stay with us for a few days to find out more

BECOME A BENEDICTINE MONK........are you being called?


If you have been thinking and praying about becoming a Benedictine monk and remain undecided, act now and arrange to come and stay in our Monastic Guesthouse for a few days to get a feel for monastic life without obligation.....Dom Andrew (pictured) awaits your email: domandrewmcneill@gmail.com 


A prayer for your vocation


Lord, help me discern my vocation.


Lord my God, my loving Father, you have made me to know you, to love you, to serve you and thereby to find and fulfil myself.


I know that you are in all things and that every path can lead me to you, but of them all there is one especially by which you want me to come to you.


Since I will do what you want of me, I pray that you send your Holy Spirit to me: into my mind to show me what you want of me; into my heart to give me the determination to do it and to do it with all my love, with all my mind and with all my strength.


Amen


St Augustine's Abbey, Chilworth, UK - a living Roman Catholic Benedictine monastery


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Thursday 16 April 2026, 7.30pm-9pm at St Augustine's Abbey, Chilworth. Advance booking essential.
Tell us about your stay in our monastic guesthouse
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Please help us learn and improve. Thank you.
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29 March 2026
Saturday 23 May 2026, 1030-1200 at St Augustine's Abbey, Chilworth. Different prices. Advance booking essential.
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29 March 2026
Those discerning a monastic calling are encouraged to come forward while opportunities to visit and stay remain available.
Discover the meaning of the Roman Catholic Mass - public talk series
27 March 2026
Monthly Saturdays 10.30am-12.20pm from 27 June to 19 December 2026 inclusive. £12 per person: advance booking essential.
Organ music during April 2026 at Holy Mass.
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Roman Catholic Holy Mass: Sunday Mass is 10am, daily Mass is at 9am.
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Join this special 9 day pilgrimage to Mexico from 6 to 14 October 2026 run by ALL SAINTS TRAVEL.
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