News & Events – Mount St Joseph Abbey

Reflection on the Solemnity of Our Three Founders –

Today, the Cistercian Order pauses to remember Saints Robert of Molesme, Alberic of Cîteaux, and Stephen Harding—three men whose lives, taken together, gave birth not simply to a reform, but to a way of listening to God that has endured across nine centuries. More >

Reflection for the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord

Here, at Our Lady of Silence Abbey, the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord feels like a threshold. More >

Feast of the Holy Family — A Reflection

After the witness of Stephen, the Church draws us back — not away from the world’s cost, but into its most intimate centre. More >

St Stephen’s Day – A Reflection

The joy of Christmas has not faded — but today it deepens, and sharpens. More >

Christmas Day — A Reflection

What we waited for in the dark is now quietly among us. More >

Christmas Eve — A Reflection

Tonight, the monastery grows quieter, as if the stone itself is listening. More >

Reflection – Fourth Suday of Advent

Here we are, on the Fourth Sunday of Advent, standing on the very edge of Christmas. More >

Christmas Mass Times

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Christmas Confession Times

Commencing tomoroow Friday 19th December Confessions will be heard in the Abbey Church each day from 2.30 – 4.00 up to and including Christmas Eve. More >

Reflection – 2nd Sunday of Advent – Cycle C

Sisters and brothers, we come this morning into the quiet of Advent’s second week, a season that asks us not to hurry, not to grasp, but to listen. More >

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