Prayer - Study - Work: how Chilworth's Benedictine monks live their monastic life

Prayer - Study - Work: watch this short video which shows how monks making and selling beeswax beauty products for their Abbey Shop helps create the important balance needed in their monastic life at the Catholic Benedictine monastery of St Augustine's Abbey, Chilworth in the glorious Surrey Hills near Guildford.

Featuring Benedictine monk Fr John Seddon OSB, with filming by Brian O'Connell, the reel explains how one moment the monks are carrying out their absolute daily priority of praying, as monks have done for centuries, often in Latin. Then, when they are not in prayer, they fit in everything else that's needed in their daily life - including going online to sell the products they have made worldwide using ulta modern mobile technology. The contrast here between the ancient and the modern is very evident.       

Watch the short video here.

Chilworth's Benedictine monks welcome members of the public of all faiths and none to pray with them: Daily Mass is at 9am, Sunday Mass is at 10am. Divine Office is seven times daily. The Monastic Guesthouse has four bedrooms and is open for Abbey visitors wanting to experience the rhythm of monastic life, those on retreat and men thinking of becoming a monk. Visit the monks online at http://www.chilworthbenedictines.com