Saint Aelred's AbbeyBenedictine monks · Larkspur Hollow

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Visit us

Guests are received as Christ (Rule of Saint Benedict, chapter 53). Come for an hour of prayer, a day of quiet or a private retreat.

Mass and the Office

All are welcome at the Divine Office and at Mass in the abbey church. Visitors sit in the nave; the choir is reserved for the monks.

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The guesthouse

Twenty single rooms for men and women making a private retreat of up to a week. Guests share the monks' meals in silence and may speak with a monk on request.

  • Stays of one to seven nights
  • A suggested offering per night, and no one is turned away for lack of means
  • Two rooms with step-free access

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Getting here

100 Abbey Road
Larkspur Hollow, VT 05000
United States

Two hours by car from the nearest city. The nearest train station is 20 miles away; the guestmaster can sometimes meet a train.

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While you are here

  • Please dress modestly in the church.
  • Silence is kept in the cloister, the church and the guesthouse corridors.
  • Photography is welcome outside, but not during the Office.

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