Blog | Trappist Monastery, Moncks Corner, South Carolina

“How Can This Be?” Viral Power at the Monastery

April 3, 2020

As of March 28, there were more than 600,000 confirmed…

Mepkin Abbey has four new postulants

March 26, 2020

Four New Postulants On the Feast of the Annunciation,…

Prayer resources and reflections in a time of crisis

March 25, 2020

Prayer in Time of Crisis

March 24, 2020

by Father Columba Despite the fact that we are in lockdown,…

Theme Psalm of a Pandemic: Psalm 91

March 24, 2020

Each evening, we Trappist monks at Mepkin Abbey informally…

A Contemplative Confinement for the Layperson

March 20, 2020

by Father Joseph Kerrigan, Mepkin Abbey The coronavirus’…

Visit of Dom Elias to Mepkin

March 13, 2020

Each monastery in the Cistercian tradition has a lot of autonomy…

Craig Stauffer’s monastic guest experience

March 13, 2020

Monastic Guest Experience March 10, 2020 If you have an…

Coming and Going on Pilgrimage

March 10, 2020

The brothers attended an interesting talk recently by Professor…

Memorial bricks are available at Mepkin’s new Memorial Arbor

March 4, 2020

Memorial Arbor Opened Mepkin’s new memorial garden, which…

Mepkin welcomes “Merton and Me, a Living Performance

February 28, 2020

Mepkin’s church renovations completed

February 24, 2020

Exterior Church Renovations Completed The first phase of the…

Can you make a donation to Mepkin?

Because we closed our front gate and stopped all visitors to the monastery, no one at Mepkin has caught the virus. However, also because of this shutdown, which was necessary to keep us safe, we lost all of our income producing activities, including our mushroom production, the Retreat Center, and the Abbey Store. We have no idea when we will be able to resume these activities.

If you, too, are suffering economic hardships, please know that you are in our prayers. If you are in a safe financial position, perhaps you would consider making a donation to Mepkin to help us sustain our life of prayer, so we can be ready to welcome visitors, guests and retreatants back into our midst when all is safe.

To donate online, click here, or you may send a check to Mepkin Abbey, 1098 Mepkin Abbey Road, Moncks Corner, SC 29461.

Thank you and God bless you and your loved ones.

Fr. Joe Tedesco
Superior, Mepkin Abbey