Roman Catholic Mass very near Guildford: St Augustine’s Abbey, Chilworth

27 June 2026

Members of the public are always welcome to join the monks at daily Holy Mass (9am weekdays, 10am Sundays) and daily Divine Office 

St Augustine's Abbey, Sample Oak Lane, Chilworth, Guildford, Surrey GU4 8QR - a living Roman Catholic Benedictine monastery.


Sunday Holy Roman Catholic Mass is at 10am (coffee afterwards), daily Mass is at 9am. Members of the public are always welcome to join the monks at daily Mass and daily Divine Office. Mass is celebrated in the Ordinary Form with some Latin (i.e. not a Latin Mass). Daily Vespers (6pm) and Compline at 8.30pm (with Holy Water blessing) are sung in ancient Latin Gregorian Chant as Benedictine monks have done for 1,500 years. St Augustine's Abbey, Chilworth welcomes members of the public of all faiths and none from near and far, although it doesn't run a parish.


DIVINE OFFICE is available to the public daily


Vigils 5.50am - 6.30am (Sunday Vigils at 8pm on Saturdays) 

Lauds 7am - 7.25am 

Terce 8.40am - 8.50am (8.30am on Sundays) 

Sext 12.30pm - 12.45pm (12.45pm on Sundays) 

None 1.25pm - 1.35pm 

Vespers 6pm – 6.30pm (Weekdays)

or 5.30pm-6pm Saturdays, Sundays Feast Days/Solemnities 

Compline 8.30pm-8.50pm (no Compline on Saturdays)


Divine Mercy Hour (online) 3pm-4pm daily


ADORATION - the Lord calls you


Fridays - 8pm to 8.45pm

Sundays - 4pm to 5pm


FOR ALL MASS AND PRAYER REQUESTS click here


(Most people know the excellent Percy Arms Pub, Chilworth and the wonderfully convenient Chilworth Railway Station and its road crossing nearby: just head up Sample Oak Lane from here towards Blackheath for a quarter of a mile and the monastery is on the right hand side of the road with plenty of free parking). 


Find us here.


God give you peace.


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