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Monastery and World:
Live in Both

• Live in our community part-time or full-time

• Participate in our daily activities

• Learn to live monastically
  in the world

• Cultivate the spirit of contemplative spirituality

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• AT THE ABBEY

  •    Welcome to the Abbey   

       Welcome Slideshow   

       The Guest House   

       Photos from the Archives   

       Photo Albums   

       Contact Us   

       Links   

• LEARNING

  •    Abbey Homilies   

       Newsletters   

       Eighth Day Booklet (pdf)   

• WORKING

  •    Abbey Fruitcakes   

       Baxter Bulletin Article   

       The Monks of Assumption Abbey (slideshow)   

       Article On Faith And Leadership (link)   

• HOUSE OF PRAYER

  •    Pray the Psalms with Us   

       The Hours of the Office   

       The Way of the Cross   

• LIVING

  •    Monastic Vocations   

       Vocation Weekends   

       Questions and Answers   

       The Rule   

       What is a Monk   

       A Monk's Day   

       Cistercian Trappists   

       External Oblates   

       Associates of the Abbey   

       On the Cistercian Life   

       Opportunities for Involvement   

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• The Abbey (General Delivery)
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• The Vocations Director
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• Prayer Requests

The remoteness of the Abbey, some twenty miles south of the small town of Ava, seventy-five miles east of Springfield, Missouri, eliminates the use of public transport to reach the Abbey. Click here to display a printable map to the Abbey.

Assumption Abbey
Route 5, Box 1056
Ava, MO 65608
417.683.5110

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