P.M. - Informal gathering Weekends are less scheduled. MEPs follow the general monastic schedule , but Saturday and Sunday are free of the usual weekday group discussions or work assignments for MEPs. It is an excellent way for someone to decide in these four weeks if this life is for him or not. The Monastic Experience Program is geared to Catholic laymen, eighteen to thirty-two years of age. They should complete and return the forms directly to Fr.
Early applicants receive preference.
Housing limitations require that we accept no more than twelve participants for the program. I fell in love with the place and the monks' way of life, so I joined the abbey the next year. The Monastic Experience is offered annually from June 16 to July 13. Saint John's Abbey Quarterly contains a description by Fr. Joseph Feders OSB of a typical MEP summer.