At the heart of Augustinian monastic life is community The Servants of God of St. Augustine seek God together as brothers, sharing a life shaped by prayer, fraternity, work, friendship, and service.
Following the vision of Saint Augustine, we believe that the journey toward God is not meant to be lived alone. Each brother brings his own story and gifts to the community, while learning to place those gifts at the service of others and to grow together in charity.
Our common life is inspired by the first Christian community described in the Acts of the Apostles and by the Rule of Saint Augustine.
For us, community means more than simply living in the same place. It means sharing prayer and responsibilities, joys and difficulties, work and rest, while continually learning to listen, forgive, encourage, and care for one another.
Saint Augustine understood friendship and fraternity as important parts of the Christian journey. Through sincere relationships and common life, we seek to help one another grow in holiness and remain focused on our common destination: God.
“One mind and one heart intent upon God.”
Our days follow a rhythm in which prayer, work, fraternity, and service are brought together into one life offered to God.
Prayer gives structure and direction to our day. The Holy Eucharist stands at the center of our spiritual life, and the Liturgy of the Hours gathers the brothers at appointed times to praise God and pray with the Church.
Sacred Scripture, Lectio Divina, personal prayer, silence, and contemplation also help us cultivate the interior life that Saint Augustine considered essential to the search for God.
Work is part of our common life. Each brother contributes according to his responsibilities and abilities, helping care for the monastery, support the community, carry out our ministries, and serve those entrusted to us.
We seek to approach ordinary work with the same spirit that guides our prayer: gratitude, humility, responsibility, and service.
Meals, conversation, recreation, celebrations, and the ordinary moments of daily life are also important parts of our vocation.
Augustinian community life encourages genuine friendship. We seek to know one another, support one another, and create a home in which each brother can continue growing in faith and in his relationship with Christ.
Intercessory prayer is an important part of our vocation.
Our community remembers in prayer the needs of the Church and the world, priests and religious, our benefactors and friends, the local community, and those who personally entrust their intentions to us.
We consider it a privilege to pray for those who reach out to the monastery and to accompany their needs before God.
Among the intentions regularly entrusted to our prayer are:
- The needs of the Church and the world
- Priests, religious, and vocations
- Families and loved ones
- The sick, suffering, and deceased
- Benefactors and friends of the monastery
- Personal intentions entrusted to our community
Our community is made up of men who have responded to the call to seek God through the Augustinian monastic life.
Each brother arrives with a different background, experience, personality, and collection of gifts. Monastic life does not erase those differences. Instead, it invites us to bring them into a common life and place them at the service of one another.
As the community continues to grow, we hope to introduce the brothers of the monastery here and share more about their vocations, responsibilities, and service.
Our life together has a simple purpose: to help one another seek God.
Prayer leads us toward deeper fraternity. Fraternity teaches us charity. Charity opens us to service. Through all of these, we seek to become more fully the community envisioned by Saint Augustine.
We continue that journey together, trusting that God uses the ordinary realities of common life — prayer, friendship, sacrifice, forgiveness, work, and joy — to draw us closer to Himself.
“Let all of you then live together in oneness of mind and heart, mutually honoring God in yourselves, whose temples you have become.”
— Rule of Saint Augustine
