Abbey Mission Stament

We, the Benedictine Monks of Richmond, seek God above all in our prayer, worship and work.  We do this to share the Lord with one another and with those to whom we minister.  We particulary seek and share the Lord in our community and in our relationship with one another.

"By extending liturgical prayer to the whole day through the free and silent personal prayer of the brothers, an atmosphere of recollectuon is created in the monastery in which the actual times of celebration find their full truth. In this way the monastery becomes a "school of prayer", that is, a place where the community, by deeply encountering God in the liturgy and at various moments of the day, introduces those who see the face of the living God to the wonders of Trinitarian life."- Pope John Paul II