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Announcement of a Lay Community

FlyerBeginning in the summer of 2018, our Benedictine community of St. Anselm’s Abbey is planning to begin an intentional community for four men between the ages of 21 and 35 who are seeking to discern their God-given calling, whether to marriage, diocesan priesthood, religious life, or the single state. If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity or wish to apply, please click here to view our flyer.

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Latest Updates

HOMILY: Sixth Sunday of Easter

Fr. Philip Simo
May 6, 2018
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HOMILY: Fifth Sunday of Easter

Fr. Boniface Von Nell
April 29, 2018
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HOMILY: Fourth Sunday of Easter

Fr. Joseph Jensen
April 22, 2018
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HOMILY: Feast of St. Anselm (Abbey Mass)

Abbot James Wiseman
April 21, 2018
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HOMILY: Feast of St. Anselm (School Mass)

Abbot James Wiseman
April 20, 2018
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HOMILY: Third Sunday of Easter

Fr. Christopher Wyvill
April 15, 2018
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A Benedictine Monastery
in the Heart of Washington DC

Abbot James
Rt. Rev. Dom James Wiseman, OSBNear the north-east boundary of the District of Columbia, twelve minutes by Metro from Union Station and twenty minutes from the Capitol, is a thriving Benedictine monastery. Here, we monks live the life of prayer established by our sixth- century founder St. Benedict and where we continue that life and the aspirations of our founder for the glory of God and the sanctification of our nation and world.

Within an urban oasis of 40 acres of secluded woodland surrounding the monastery, the usual sounds of a busy city are subdued. Here, too, stands our highly regarded middle school and high school, where the values of our patrons, St. Benedict and St. Anselm, are proclaimed among our youth as we prepare them for lives of service to God and their fellow human beings.

Some have referred to the abbey as “Washington’s best kept secret”; perhaps this is because monks are not naturally given to the more ostentatious ways of projecting themselves upon the surrounding world. Monasteries are primarily places of prayer and virtuous activity, and our evangelization is precisely through prayer, spiritual direction, and education. We cordially invite you to share our “secret.” We invite you to “come and see.”

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