Abbey Life

Hidden in the mountains of southern California, St. Michael’s Abbey seeks to live an authentic Christian life – life at its happiest and best, where we recognize that all creation is a gift, and that all our lives can be given as a gift back to our Creator. In our work, in our study, and in our prayer, St. Michael’s Abbey lives the ancient and vital tradition of abbey life.

Novena to Our Lady, Queen of Our Order | Day Seven

We ask today for the gift of knowledge, so that may know what leads to God and what draws away from Him.

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Novena to Our Lady, Queen of Our Order | Day Seven

We ask today for the gift of knowledge, so that may know what leads to God and what draws away from Him.

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Novena to Our Lady, Queen of Our Order | Day Six

Today we pray for the gift of fortitude, that this community may be strengthened for the burdens of this moment.

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Novena to Our Lady, Queen of Our Order | Day Five

As we continue our novena to Our Lady, Queen of the Norbertine Order, we draw nearer to the abbatial election with renewed confidence in the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

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Novena to Our Lady, Queen of Our Order | Day Four

Today we pray for the gift of understanding, asking that the canons of St. Michael’s Abbey may perceive more deeply the will of God as they prepare to elect a new abbot.

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Novena to Our Lady, Queen of Our Order | Day Three

Today, we turn with renewed confidence to Our Lady, asking her to obtain for the canons of St. Michael’s Abbey the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit during this sacred time of discernment.

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Novena to Our Lady, Queen of Our Order | Day Two

As Catholics, we do not forget the dead. We pray for them, remember them before the altar of God, and entrust them to the mercy of Christ, who has conquered death.

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Novena to Our Lady, Queen of Our Order | Day One

Today we begin our novena for the abbatial election in a spirit of thanksgiving.

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Solemn Professions 2026

On Saturday, April 11, 2026, Frater Dismas Farfan, O.Praem., and Frater Kilian Hayes, O.Praem., made their solemn profession as Canons Regular of Prémontré.

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Live: Paschal Vespers, 2026

Join us for Vespers as we celebrate the Resurrection of Our Lord.

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The New Novices, 2024

On Christmas Eve, in the quiet of the abbey cloister, fourteen young men received the white habit of our order.

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A Message from Fr. Prior | The Great Fast, 2026

We stand at the threshold of a season sanctified by centuries of prayer and sacrifice: a time appointed not for sorrow alone, but for renewal.

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Augustinian Spirituality for a Fragmented Age

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The Abbot's Christmas Address, 2025

It is precisely in the darkness--in our anxiety and insecurity--that God invites us into deeper peace.

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