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Calvary Abbey

Above: The Lourdes Grotto is built into the natural rock and is a quiet place for prayer and reflection beside the river.

Guests are welcome to visit and Guided Tours and
come on retreat at the Cistercian- Visits - All are
Trappist Monastery of Our Lady of welcome to visit the
Calvary in Rogersville. Our Lady of monastery. If you
Calvary is a community of monks wish to visit the
founded in 1902 and situated between monastery and be
the villages of Rogersville and Colette, given a guided tour,
south of Miramichi and north of then you need to
Moncton on route 126. call in advance or
write to us and
Guesthouse / Retreat arrange the time of
A welcome extended to short-term your arrival, so that
guests is a carefully preserved tradition a monk may be
in monasteries living according to the made available to
Rule of Saint Benedict. attend to
you. Aerial view of the monastery grounds, farm buildings and lake.
To come on retreat you do not have Guided tours can
to be Catholic or even Christian, but we take place between 9.10 and 11.10 am
expect you to be looking for God. We and between 2.20 pm and 5 pm. Some
are a small community of monks so we parts of the monastery are restricted.
cannot give directed or preached We do not serve meals during guided
retreats. Guests create their own retreat tours. Donations are welcome for
by joining the prayer of the community, guided visits.
by praying and reflecting quietly, by
reading or choosing to walk in the fields The Gift Shop
and woods or sit in the guesthouse The monastery shop sells many
garden when the weather permits. religious books, ikons, rosaries, holy
The normally expected stay is not pictures, greeting cards, and the pottery,
more than a week. The suggested fee is apple cider and Trappist Preserves The monastery is located at 11505
$50 a day to cover all meals and lodging produced at the monastery. At certain Route 126, Rogersville NB. Tel: 506-
unless you use one of our en-suite times of the year there might even be a 775-2331. Their website has a very
double rooms and then we suggest $75 surplus of garden produce for sale, or interesting weekly chronicle at
per day/night. the possibility of picking your own www.calvaryabbey.com. You can also
Bookings can be made by calling apples, strawberries and raspberries. follow them on Facebook at
506-775-2331 or emailing Open Monday to Friday: www.facebook.com/TrappistsRogersville
monasteryguests@gmail.com. 9:15 - 11:15 am
2:30 - 4:15 pm
Open Saturday: 9:00 - 11:00 am

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