Mass & Prayer Schedule

The Abbey church is the heart and soul of the Hilltop, where the Benedictine monks of Mount Angel live and pray. Rooted deeply in the 1,500-year-old Rule of St. Benedict, monks of Mount Angel gather in the Abbey church for prayer six times each day for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist and the Liturgy of the Hours. Guests are welcome and encouraged to join us in prayer in the Abbey church. Books are provided in the vestibule of the church and prayer begins five minutes after the Abbey bells begin ringing. Mass and the hours of the Divine Office are also livestreamed from the Abbey church. See livestream liturgies and schedule here.

Holy Week & the Paschal Triduum

Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion

Saturday, March 28

5:15 pm – Bells for Vespers I of Palm Sunday
7:25 pm – Bell for Vigils

Sunday, March 29

Regular Sunday schedule except:
8:50 am – Bells for Procession & Mass

Holy Thursday of the Lord’s Supper

Thursday, April 2

5:20 am – Bell for Vigils
6:45 am – Bells for Lauds
11:55 am – Bell for Midday Prayer
3:55 pm – Bells for Mass of the Lord’s Supper
After the Gloria, no outdoor bells will ring until the Gloria of the Easter Vigil.
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament after Mass until midnight.
The hour of Vespers is omitted.
7:30 pm – Compline

Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion and Death

Friday, April 3

5:25 am – Vigils
6:50 am – Lauds
12:00 pm – Midday Prayer
3:00 pm – Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion and Death
The hour of Vespers is omitted.
7:30 pm – Compline

Holy Saturday of the Lord’s Rest

Saturday, April 4

5:25 am – Vigils
6:50 am – Lauds
12:00 pm – Midday Prayer
5:20 pm – Vespers
The hour of Compline is omitted.
9:00 pm – Easter Vigil Mass

The Easter Season

Easter Sunday of the Lord’s Resurrection

Sunday, April 5

9:00 am – Bells for Solemn Lauds
10:55 am – Bells for Mass of Easter Day
The hour of Midday Prayer is omitted.
5:15 pm – Bells for Pontifical Vespers
7:25 pm – Bell for Compline

Easter Monday

Monday, April 6

6:20 am – Bell for Vigils
7:30 am – Bells for Lauds
8:55 am – Bells for Mass
11:55 am – Bell for Midday Prayer
5:15 pm – Bells for Vespers
7:25 pm – Bell for Compline