The following information may be helpful as you plan your retreat. (For information on the types of retreat we offer, please click here. For our retreat calendar, please click here.)
Guesthouse Facilities
Our Guesthouse facilities include large and small meeting rooms, chapels for private and corporate prayer, a library, and a garden. There are fourteen single bedrooms and one double bedroom available for retreatants, each with its own sink. Showers and toilets are located on each floor, and linens and towels are provided. (For a tour of the Monastery and the Guesthouse, please click here.)
Meals
Guests join the brothers for three meals daily, eaten communally in our refectory and normally taken in silence, accompanied either by a brother reading aloud from a book or by recorded music.
Arrival and Departure Times
Depending upon the length of the retreat that is booked, guests may arrive at the Guesthouse from Tuesday through Friday. There are no arrivals on Saturday, Sunday, or Monday. Unless other arrangements are made, arrival times are between 10:00 am to noon, or between 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. All guests depart by Sunday afternoon, which is the start of the brothers’ Sabbath.
Parking at the Monastery
Parking at the Monastery is extremely limited and may not be available. We encourage guests to use public transportation if at all possible. Guests requesting parking must call ahead to check availability. A fee of $10 per vehicle per night will be charged for parking at the Monastery. (For information on public transportation from Boston’s Logan International Airport to the Monastery Guesthouse, please click here.)
Brothers’ Sabbath
The brothers’ Sabbath starts on Sunday afternoon after Evening Prayer and lasts all day on Monday. The Guesthouse is closed during this time and there are no public services of worship.
Community Week
There is a community week for the brothers during each month. A community week is a time for the brothers to address their own needs for silence, solitude, contemplation and intercessory prayer. The brothers also meet together to discuss various topics relating to their life and mission. The Guesthouse is closed during a community week and no guests are received. The Monastery Chapel is open for personal prayer, but there are no public services of worship during the week except the 5:15 pm Tuesday Eucharist and First Evensong on Saturday at 6:00 pm. The regular public worship schedule resumes on Sunday.
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