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Last updated 3/19/21. The schedule for our Holy Week and Triduum liturgies can be found here. Passing of Benedict, March 21: Conventual Mass moved to 10:30 AM. Palm Sunday: Mass begins at 10:45 AM. Easter Monday, April 1: No public celebration of Vespers or Compline. Saturday, May 11: Belmont Abbey College graduation; Conventual Mass replaced by 9:30 AM Baccalaureate Mass. […]

Mass for the Solemnity of the Passing of Our Holy Father Benedict, March 21st, will be held at 10:30 AM in the Abbey Basilica. While the primary celebration of St. Benedict in most dioceses is July 11, the American-Cassinese Congregation petitioned the Sacred Congregation of Rites to celebrate their patronal feast during March to enable […]

The liturgical schedule for Holy Week and the Easter Triduum is as follows: Palm Sunday Vigil: 6 AM Lauds: 7:30 AM Conventual Mass: 10:45 AM Vespers: 5:30 PM Compline: 7 PM Student Mass: 7:30 PM Weekdays of Holy Week follow the ordinary schedule.  Holy Thursday Vigil: 6 AM Lauds: 7:30 AM Midday Prayer: 11:45 AM […]

The liturgy schedule for Ash Wednesday is as follows: Vigil: 6 AM Lauds: 7:30 AM Midday Prayer: 11:45 AM Conventual Mass with distribution of ashes: 4:45 PM Vespers: 7 PM Student Mass with distribution of ashes: 7:30 PM There will be no 11 AM Mass in the Basilica or public recitation of Compline.

On Friday, the 2nd of February, we will gather in the narthex before Mass, carrying candles. These will be blessed and lighted, and then we will process into the Church. And at the Gospel, we will hear the words that inspire this ceremony: Now you dismiss your servant in peace, According to your word, O […]

As Advent draws near, the readings at Mass become more and more eschatological, focusing on the second coming and the final judgment. We are told that Christ will do unto us as we did to the poorest and most vulnerable among us. We are told to be ready, like good servants prepared for their master’s […]

This year, I had the privilege of accompanying the entrance antiphon of today’s Mass on the organ: “But it behooves us to glory in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, in whom is our salvation, life, and resurrection, by whom we are saved and delivered.” It is easy to take the Cross for granted. […]

Days in the Fall 2023 Semester with changes to the normal public monastic horarium are as follows: Tuesday 9/12: No public celebration of Vespers or Compline Friday 11/14: No public celebration of Vespers or Compline Other horarium changes may be added to this page.

On July 10th, 2023 the Monks of Belmont Abbey welcomed a new novice and graduate of Belmont Abbey College, John Paul Hamilton. During evening Vespers, Abbot Placid and the monks presented him with his habit and some simple prayers. The Abbot encouraged John Paul to call upon Mary help of Christians, the perfect example of […]

On July 11th, the Feast of St. Benedict, in a filled Mass the faithful and many priests from the Diocese gathered to celebrate the Final Profession of Vows of Brother Leo Young O.S.B.. Abbot Placid congratulates the monk on faithfully answering the call God put on his heart after 5 years of discernment with the […]