Homilies

Homily for Joy Never Ending 2019

The Thirty-Second Sunday of Ordinary Time

31st Sunday in Ordinary Time Homily by Fr. Gerard Jonas

22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Homily by Fr. Gerard Jonas

21st Sunday in Ordinary Time Homily by Fr. Joe Tedesco

18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Homily by Fr. Gerard Jonas

Feast of the Sacred Heart Homily

17th Sunday of Ordinary Time Homily by Fr. Stan Gumula

Feast of St Benedict Homily by Sr Margaret Malone SGS

16th Sunday of Ordinary Time 2019 Homily by Father Guerric Heckel

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2019 Homily by Father Columba

Second Sunday of Easter 2019 Homily by Father Columba

Holy Thursday Homily by Father Columba

Easter Vigil Homily by Father Joseph Tedesco

Good Friday Homily by Father Joseph Tedesco

Easter Homily by Father Guerric Heckel

Third Sunday of Lent by Father Joseph Tedesco

8th Sunday of Ordinary Time Father Gerard Jonas

7th Sunday of Ordinary Time by Dom Mark Scott, Abbot of New Melleray Abbey, Peosta, Iowa

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time by Father Gerard Jonas

Abbey Church Guided Tours

Guided tours are $5 per person (children and students free) which includes a guidebook of either the Gardens or the Monastery. The guided church tours include a walk from the Reception Center to the Abbey Church, a distance of about a quarter of a mile.

Reservations are required for groups of 10 or more.

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday:
11:30AM & 2PM

Friday: 11:30AM & 2PM
(except on Retreat Days below)

There will be no church tours during the Creche Festival: November 18 – 24 and November 29 – December 7

There will be no tours of the monastery during the Christmas and New Year Holidays from December 23rd to January 1st.

Information for Visitors

Visitors are welcome at Mepkin Abbey, which is privately owned and is home for Trappist monks. Living according to the Rule of St. Benedict, the monks offer hospitality to strangers. To maintain their lives of prayer, silence, privacy and solitude, the monks have a few important requests of all visitors:

Upon arrival, please check in at the Reception Center/Gift Shop.
Read and abide by all signs.
Only two roads are open to the public: the main road which runs from the entrance to the public gardens, and the road which leads to the Reception Center & Store. Please stay on these two roads.
Access to the Abbey church is by guided tour only. This access is limited because the church is in the monastic enclosure, the heart of the monastery.
No professional photography allowed.
No dogs allowed.

Mepkin Abbey Mushrooms

Oyster mushrooms have long been cultivated in Asia for their medical benefits as well as excellent taste, and are a rich source of B-Vitamins. Dried mushrooms have a concentrated and powerful flavor, so you need less of them per recipe.

It is with great pleasure that we announce the arrival of our fresh and dried shiitake and oyster mushrooms in select grocery stores in the Low Country, including Whole Foods. Our dried and powdered mushrooms are available for sale in the Abbey Store.