COVID-19 NOTICE:
Mepkin Abbey is open to the public as follows:
- The Gardens are open every day from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Garden Tours are given every Friday at 11:30 a.m. Cost: $5 per adult; children are free.
- The Gift Shop is open Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Gift shop will allow three persons at a time and masks will be required to enter the store.
- Church Tours (beginning April 13, 2021) are given every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday at 11:30 a.m.
Please social distance in the Gardens, the Gift Shop and during Garden and Church Tours.
- Francis Retreat Center is opened on a limited basis and with restrictions. Click here for more information and to register for a retreat.
- The Monastery and Church will continue to be closed to all visitors (except during Church tours). We have taken this very difficult action on the advice of professionals in order to protect both the monks and our visitors from the COVID-19 virus. As we continue to navigate these very difficult times, please know that our friends, neighbors, benefactors and the community are in our daily prayers. If you have specific prayer requests, please send them to me at frjoetedesco@gmail.comand I will put your request on our prayer list.
While Mepkin Abbey has limited access to visitors, we want to support our friends and benefactors, many of whom find their horizons reduced to the confines of their living spaces, by providing some reflections, ideas and news to help you navigate these very trying times. The first is “Reflections on Contemplative Confinement for the Layperson.” We add reflections and news on a regular basis, so, please visit our web site often.
Fr. Joe Tedesco
Superior, Mepkin Abbey
Homily for Holy Saturday, 3 April 2021 by Fr. Joe Tedesco
Homily for Good Friday, 2 April 2021 by Fr. Joe Tedesco
Homily for Holy Thursday, 1 April 2021 by Fr. Joe Tedesco
Homily for 25 March 2021 by Fr. Gerard Jonas
Homily for the Third Sunday of Lent by Fr. Joe Tedesco
Homily for 28 February 2021 by Fr. Gerard Jonas
Homily for the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time B
Homily for the Solemnity of the Cistercian Founders, Sts Robert, Alberic and Stephen by Fr. Gerard Jonas 26 January 2021
Homily for Epiphany by Fr. Joe Tedesco 3 January 2021
Homily for the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, Octave of Christmas, by Fr. Gerard Jonas 1 January 2021
Homily for CHRISTMAS VIGIL, Esmeraldas by Fr. Stan Gumula 24 December 2020
Homily for the Third Sunday of Advent. 2020
Homily for Second Sunday in Advent by Fr. Gerard Jonas 6 December 2020
Advent Solemn Entrance Homily by Fr. Joe Tedesco 29 November 2020
Homily for Joy Never Ending by Fr. Joe Tedesco 15 November 2020
Homily for the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time by Fr. Stan Gumula 15 November 2020
Homily for 1 November 2020 by Fr. Gerard Jonas
Homily for the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time by Fr. Joe Tedesco
Homily for 20 September 2020 by Fr. Guerric Heckel
Homily for 6 September 2020 by Fr. Gerard Jonas