What is our life of prayer?
27 February 2020
A deeper look into our lives as monks at St Augustine's Abbey, Chilworth
We Roman Catholic Benedictine monks of St Augustine's Abbey, Chilworth have few external works, and our life is, therefore, fundamentally contemplative which means that our work is prayer.
Because we do not engage in much remunerative work, a large part of our income is derived from the goodness of others. For this we are grateful to God and to all our supporters. Prayer is a continuous and constant work that goes on in the monastery throughout the day. We think of this ongoing work as 'The Life of Prayer'.
If you would like your own personal needs, the needs of loved ones or special intentions to be included in our life of prayer, please ask us. The world provides abundantly for the needs of the body, we seek to provide for the needs of the soul.
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