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
A Palm Sunday Homily
Palm Sunday Homily
Holy Thursday Homily
Homily for the 5th Sunday in Lent – Come Forth
Homily for the Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent – Words of Hope and Consolation
Reflections on Community Life and our Dedication to Jesus Christ
A Homily for the 4th Sunday of The Covid-19 Lent of 2020
Homily for the Feast of St. Joseph, by Fr. Joe Tedesco
Homily for the First Week in Lent, by Fr. Gerard Jonas
Homily for the 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time by Fr. Joe Tedesco
Homily for 26 January 2020, Solemnity of the Founders of Citeaux and 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time by Fr. Gerard Jonas
Homily for the 2nd Sun Ordinary Time by Fr. Guerric Heckel
Homily on Death
Homily for 29 December 2019 Christmas Octave — Holy Family Homily by Fr. Gerard Jonas
Christmas Eve Homily 2019
Homily for the feast of the Immaculate Conception – 2019
Third Sunday in Advent December 15th 2019
Homily for Joy Never Ending 2019
The Thirty-Second Sunday of Ordinary Time
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time Homily by Fr. Gerard Jonas