Our Mission

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The mission of Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary is grounded in the Benedictine, Roman Catholic faith tradition that shapes our deepest values and way of life. We seek to foster an environment that honors and respects the inherent differences and gifts among our monks, students, faculty, employees, friends and guests. We cultivate a spirit of inclusiveness and respect for others that neither denies nor exaggerates differences. We are called by the Gospel to embrace the marginalized and break down the privileges that exclude those who are different or disadvantaged. Guided by Church teaching, we celebrate the "transcendent dignity of each human person," and we accept our common duty to make ourselves neighbors to others and actively serve them.

The monks of Mount Angel weave together a place of prayer, hospitality, education, and reflection deeply rooted in the Rule of St. Benedict. Responding to God's call to holiness and preferring nothing whatever to Christ, we dedicate ourselves to a life of prayer and work. We strive to support one another in community, to serve God, the Church, and the larger society. We do this as we celebrate the Holy Eucharist together, pray the Liturgy of the Hours five times daily in choir, and devote ourselves to work, reading, and silence. The monks' primary apostolate is Mount Angel Seminary, a school whose primary purpose is the human, spiritual, intellectual and pastoral formation of men for the Roman Catholic priesthood.

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