An Exploration of Monastic Values

Living together in a Benedictine monastic community has deepened our appreciation of the values that are at the heart of our tradition and way of life.

• to create a community of love, as an alternative to isolation;
• to be persons of prayer and reflection, as an alternative to meaninglessness;
• to offer hospitality to each other and to our visitors, as an alternative to prejudice and division;
• to share in humanly dignifying work, as an alternative to work that is alienating and impersonal;
• to live as a sign of the Beatitudes—non-violence, joy, justice, and peace—for the healing of our suffering world.

We are now offering an opportunity for a more focused stay to a group of young men. We hope to share together with them the experience and values of living with meaning and hope as members of our contemporary society.

If you are in your early twenties to upper thirties, whatever your background, and would like to know more about community life and values -- as we live them here at Weston Priory -- we invite you to consider living for a week with our monastic community.

Living With A Monastic Community

May-June, 2012

We invite young men to share in an experience of monastic living with our Benedictine community from Monday, May 28, to Sunday, June 3, 2012. Through these opportunities, the brothers hope to share what monastic life and values can mean for life in our contemporary society.

Weston Priory
Attn: Monastic Experience
58 Priory Hill Road
Weston, VT 05161-6400

Or e-mail us at: monasticexperience@westonpriory.org

In your e-mail, please include your postal address and telephone number.

Profile of the Experience | A Typical Day's Schedule | Details