Our Lady of the Rock Monastery is a Benedictine monastery of women located in the heart of the beautiful San Juan Islands of Washington state. The monastery, a dependent priory of the Abbey of Regina Laudis in Bethlehem CT, is a place of recollection and prayer. Set amidst 300 acres of forest and farmland, the nuns strive to live out their lives faithful to the traditions handed on to them by their holy founders, Saint Benedict and Saint Scholastica.
Pentecost
“With the light and the strength of the Holy Spirit, let us build a Church founded on God’s love, a sign of unity, a missionary Church that opens its arms to the world, proclaims the word, allows itself to be made “restless” by history, and becomes a leaven of harmony for humanity. Together, as one people, as brothers and sisters, let us walk towards God and love one another."
—Homily of Pope Leo XIV at Inauguration Mass, May 18, 2025
See an original English translation of the beautiful sequence Veni Sancte Spiritus which is sung at Mass on Pentecost.
Read about our celebration of Holy Week and Paschaltide this year in light of the passing of Pope Francis to the Father and the election of Pope Leo XIV.
Enjoy a gallery of our celebration of the Triduum.
OUR LITURGY SCHEDULE
LAUDS
Daily 6:30 am
MASS
Sunday: 8:00 am
Monday–Saturday:
Terce and Mass 7:50 am
VESPERS
Sunday: 4:30 pm followed by Benediction
Monday–Saturday:
5:00 pm
You are most welcome to join us in our Monastic Chapel
for the celebration of Mass and Hours of the Divine Office.
Our chapel is open throughout the day for private prayer and meditation.