There are no Oblate chapter meetings during the month of July. Instead, a Day of Recollection at the Abbey for all our Oblates will be held July 22, following the Solemnity of Saint Benedict, which is July 11.

Registration and check-in begin at 8:30 a.m. in the Seminary Refectory. The first conference will be in the Abbey Church at 9:30 a.m., and the day should conclude by 3 p.m.

You can pre-register for the Day of Recollection online at www.saintjosephabbey.com/oblates-day-recollection or by calling 985-867-2299, extension 1245.

You may also, of course, pre-register by mail at the following address:

Oblate Day of Recollection
c/o Father Aelred Kavanagh, O.S.B.
Saint Joseph Abbey
75376 River Road
Saint Benedict, LA 70457

If you have been an Oblate Novice since at least 2022, you may ask to make your Oblation on the Day of Recollection; please indicate this when you pre-register. If you are an inquirer and have attended at least one Day of Recollection, or if you have been attending monthly chapter meetings, you may ask to be accepted as an Oblate Novice; please indicate this when you pre-register. Only those who have pre-registered for reception as Novices or to make Oblation will be received as Novices or admitted to Oblation on this Day of Recollection.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

We are in need of a few volunteers for the Day of Recollection. If you can help us with the day, please indicate this when pre-registering.