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Since time immemorial, deer have been drawn to graze in the sheltered meadows which line the banks of the river Dart in this Devonshire valley and quench their thirst in the cooling waters which flow here from high up on the moors and down towards the sea.

For nearly a thousand years, people have been drawn here, too. They have come to search for God. For God who is everywhere, certainly, but as they happened upon this place, they sensed that its beauty, its silence and tranquillity, its community of people who were similarly searching, made it a place where God might easily be found.

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Service Times

The monks celebrate the Divine Office and Mass together each day in the Abbey Church. Most of these services are open to the public.

The Divine Office

	Monday to Friday	Saturday - Sunday
Matins (Office of Readings)	05:45	06:45
Lauds (Morning Prayer)	06:45	07:45
Sext (Midday Prayers) Not a public Office	13:00	13:00
None Not a public Office	14:00	14:00
Vespers (in Latin plain chant)	18:30	18:30 (with Benediction on Sunday)
Compline	20:15	20:15

Mass Times with the Community

	Buckfast Abbey with the Community	Blessed Sacrament Chapel
Monday to Friday	08:00	12:05
Saturday	12:05	-
Sunday	10:30	09:00

Confession Times

Saturdays at 11:00 to 11:30 or by appointment

Mass times at other churches in the parish

Saint Benedict's, Chapel Street, Buckfastleigh, TQ11 0AJ	Times
Saturday - First Mass of Sunday	17:00
Our Lady of Lourdes and Saint Petroc, East Street, Ashburton, TQ13 7AT	Times
Wednesday and Friday.	10:00 - subject to change or cancellation, please call to confirm
Sunday	10:30
Saint Dunstan, New Park, South Brent, TQ10 9AQ	Times
Thursday	09:15 - subject to change or cancellation; please call to confirm
Sunday	09:00

Monthly Music

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Upcoming concerts

Organ Recital (Messiaen series 2)

Sun 20th May 4.00pm | Free with retiring collection

David Davies gives a performance of Olivier Messiaen’s ‘La Pentecôte’ preceded by a talk by David in the Monastic Guesthall at 3.15pm

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Sat 2nd June 7.30pm David Briggs - Grand-Orgue Recital Series

Sat 2nd June | £10

Sat 2nd June 7.30pm David Briggs St. John the Divine, New York Pre-recital Meal available at the Grange Restaurant at Buckfast Abbey at 6.00pm

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How To Get Here

By Road Buckfast Abbey is 0.5 miles from the A38 Devon Expressway, midway between Exeter and Plymouth.

By Rail The nearest stations are Newton Abbot and Totnes, both only 20 minutes drive from the Abbey.

By Bus The local bus service, Stagecouch number 88, operates from Newton Abbot and Totnes to Buckfast. There is also a coach service between Exeter and Plymouth which stops in Buckfastleigh. The Abbey is a half-mile walk.

Entrance and parking is FREE and there is easy access to all facilities.

Contacts

Please address postal enquiries to the appropriate department at:
Buckfast Abbey, Buckfastleigh, Devon, TQ11 0EE
Telephone Main Switchboard: 01364 645500

Parish Priest
Fr. Francis: 01364 645526

Events and General Enquiries
Mr Geoff Pring: 01364 645532 or use the contact form.

Buckfast Abbey Conference Centre
Tel: 01364 645530 or use the booking form.
Buckfast Abbey Accommodation
Tel: 01364 645630

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