COVID-19 NOTICE:
Mepkin Abbey is open to the public as follows:
Please social distance in the Gardens and Gift Shop.
Garden tours given every Friday and Saturday at 11:30 a.m. Cost: $5 per adult; children are free. No tours of the monastery are being given at this time.
St. Francis Retreat Center will open on a limited basis and with restrictions in December. Click here for more information and to register for a retreat.
The Monastery and Church will continue to be closed to all visitors. 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.com and 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
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Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time by Fr. Joe Tedesco
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary time by Fr. Gerard Jonas
Third Sunday in Ordinary time by Abbot Stan
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time by Retired Bishop Robert Kurtz
Feast of the Holy Family by Father Gerard Jonas
Christmas Day Mass – 2017 by Father Guerric Heckel
Christmas Vigil by Abbot Stan
Advent Reconciliation Vespers by Abbot Stan
Third Sunday in Advent by Fr. Joseph Tedesco
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception by Father Gerard Jonas
Solemn Entrance into Advent — 2017 by Abbot Stan
Homily for the Feast of Christ Our King November 26, 2017 by Father Guerric Heckel
Joy Never Ending — 2017
Homily for the Memorial of the Passion of John the Baptist September 29, 2017
Homily for the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, September 8, 2017
Homily for the Twenty-second Sunday of the Year, September 3, 2017
Father Columba’s Entrance into Novitiate — August 19, 2017
Homily on the Feast of Saint Bernard — Monday, Aug. 21, 2017
Brother Juan First Vows — Assumption Vespers, August 14, 2017 Given by Fr. Stan