Prayers
Benedictine monks and nuns learn early in their initiation into the monastic life that this life is characterised by the ever-renewed effort to ‘listen’ to God. Their life of humble, loving, serviceable obedience presupposes their determination to give themselves completely to ‘searching for God’. Whatever your background or beliefs, the monks invite you to join the Community to pray the Divine Office or to celebrate Mass. The Divine Office (six times daily) is prayed in the Monastery Chapel (unless noted otherwise) and Mass is celebrated in the Abbey Church.
Monday to Saturday
5.15am - Vigils
6.45am - Lauds
7.30am - Conventual Mass
12.05pm - Midday Prayer
2.30pm - Afternoon Prayer
6.30pm - Vespers
8.15pm - Compline
Sunday
6.00am - Lauds
9.00am - Mass
12.05pm - Midday Prayer
5.30pm - Vespers, in the Abbey Church
7.35pm - Compline
Guests joining the monks for prayer are encouraged to arrive five minutes early and to take a booklet as they enter. Prayers take between fifteen and thirty minutes.
Contact
For more information contact the Organist and Liturgy Coordinator on (08) 9654 8015 or at organist@newnorcia.wa.edu.au