The Abbey of the Genesee

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The Abbey of the Genesee
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daily schedule

• A simple life composed of
• communal and private prayer
• sacred reading
• study
• manual labor
• service to the brethren
• and hospitality
• Seven times a day they gather for the Opus Dei -
  beginning with Vigils in the middle of the night
  and ending with Compline in the early evening.
• Eucharist is concelebrated daily at different
  times depending on the monastic schedule.

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The Liturgy of the Hours

• Throughout the day there is a balance between
  work, reading, solitude and community life.
• The divine office
• 225 AM Vigils (breakfast)
• 600 AM Lauds Mass (meditation)
• 715 AM Terce (beginning of work)
• 1030 AM end of work
• 1115 AM Sext (dinner - optional siesta)
• 105 PM None (beginning of work)
• 330 PM end of work
• 430 PM Vespers (supper)
• 635 PM Compline
• 700 PM Retire

Vigils Lauds Terce Sext None Vespers Compline
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The Chapel at the Abbey
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Location
35 miles south of Rochester
55 miles east of Buffalo
Just north of Geneseo
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From the Air
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Across America
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The Altar of Sacrifice
A community of 33 monks living according to the
Rule of St. Benedict within the Order of
Cistercians of the Strict Observance, more
commonly known as Trappists.
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The Monks
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Their Work
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They vow themselves to this land forever