St. Louis Abbey | Discerning a Vocation to Saint Louis Abbey

Discerning a Vocation to Saint Louis Abbey

Here are some questions to help you discover whether God might be calling you to our Abbey.

Read them thoughtfully one by one. If you find you can answer Yes, you might want to schedule

a visit to our monastery.

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Are you looking for God?

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Are you looking for union with God?

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Do you see Christ as the way to God?

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Do you want to learn to follow him?

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Do you want to learn to love God with your whole being and your neighbor as yourself?

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Do you want to do this in a community or men who have this as their goal?

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Do you want to embrace a tried and disciplined way of life that leads to union with God?

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Do you want to share your experience of God with the people of our day?

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Is this community living the Gospel?

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Is the community striving to be one heart and one soul?

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Can you find God here?

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Father Laurence

St. Louis Abbey Crest

Our coat of arms was granted to us by Queen Elizabeth II. It inherits heavilly from our mother house and grandmother house, Ampleforth and Westminster. The Saint Mary's Rose represents both our tie to York/Yorkshire and our patron Saint Mary. The fleur de lis represent our tie to Saint Louis, and our other patron Saint Louis IX King of France. The blue field at the bottom represents the Mississippi. At the bottom of the crest is our motto, Laus Tibi Domine, or "Praise to you Lord".