A Cistercian monastic community in the heart of rural Leicestershire
Yet you, Lord, are our Father.
We are the clay, you are the potter;
we are all the work of your hand.
Isaiah 64:8
We are a contemplative Roman Catholic monastic community of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance. We affirm a life of work and prayer; of radical discipleship and fidelity to the Gospel, the Rule of Saint Benedict and the Constitutions and Statutes of the Cistercian order.
“The grass withers, the flower fades;
but the word of our God will stand forever.”
Isaiah 40:8
Holy Mass
Monday-Saturday: 8.00 a.m.
Sundays: 9.00 a.m.
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Daily: 2.30 p.m. – 3.00 p.m.
“If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
Matthew 19:21
‘Every monastery is to continue the tradition of welcoming guests and the needy as Christ according to local circumstances. Let those whom the providence of God has led to the monastery be received by the brothers with reverence and kindness but without allowing this service to impair monastic quiet.’
The Abbey Shop sells…
Pottery
A range of attractive and popular pottery made by the monks in the Abbey Pottery
Books
A large selection of Bibles, Missals, Theology, Spirituality, Books for Children, and a number of works authored by the monks, including Cistercian Studies.
You make the grass grow for the cattle and the plants to serve man’s needs, that he may bring forth bread from the earth and wine to cheer man’s heart.
Psalm 104
Beer should be liquid bread, not coloured water.
Belgian Trappist Saying
1st October 2019
Announcing the appointment of Dom Erik Varden Abbot of Mount St Bernard Abbey to the position of bishop-prelate of Trondheim, Norway, to take effect on 1st November.
Dom Erik announced his appointment during our community meeting this morning. The community are very sad at losing their abbot but wish him well in his new position.
http://press.vatican.va/…/…/pubblico/2019/10/01/191001a.html
5th March 2019
Br Robert’s First Profession of Vows
Daily Confession is extended beyond the Year of Mercy
Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) available in the public church every day between 2.30pm and 3.00pm. Come and take advantage of the Lord’s forgiving mercy! This is an extension of our practice during the Year of Mercy due to popular request.