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Welcome to our

Millennium Year

1018 - 2018

click here for a list of events

Our Millennium Year 1018-2018

click here for a list of events

Welcome to our

Millennium Year

1018 - 2018

click here for a list of events

Welcome ...

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.

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 FridaySaturday - Sunday
Matins (Office of Readings)
05:4506:45
Lauds (Morning Prayer)06:4507:45

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)
Compline20:15
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

Monthly Music at Buckfast Abbey

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Upcoming concerts

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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Organ Recital (Messiaen series 3)

Sun 10th June 4.00pm | Free with retiring collection

Timothy Noon gives a performance of Olivier Messiaen’s ‘Les corps gloriueux’.

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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

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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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Solemnity of Our Lady of Buckfast - Mass of Thanksgiving for the Millennium of Foundation - 24th May 2018

Holy Mass celebrated by His Eminence Cardinal Francis Arinze in the presence of the Papal Legate, His Eminence Cardinal Anders Arborelius O.C.D. The photographs show the reception of Our Holy Father Pope Francis' Extraordinary Envoy at the West Doors of the Abbey Church. Abbot David of Buckfast offered the crucifix and Bishop Mark of Plymouth offered the holy water to the Legate, who was the led into the church while the Abbey Choir sang 'Ecce Sacerdos magnus' by Anton Bruckner. Following the welcome by Abbot David and the reading of the letter from Pope Francis, Cardinal Arinze preceded with the Mass of Thanksgiving.

Mary: Icon of the Church

Mary – Icon of the Church
The Role of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The doctrine of the Trinity contains within it the reason for the uniqueness of humanity’s relationship with God – Jesus, being true God and true man unites divinity ...

Kindness: a School Mass

Kindness – a School Mass

Jesus says that we must love others as he loves us. We must think about what he might mean by this. In the first place we know that he showed his love by allowing ...

Baptism of Teddy

Baptism of Teddy

Living as a Christian means wanting to be a complete human being. We easily think of the Christian claim that Jesus is God, but we should also think that Jesus is a human being in the fullest ...

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

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

Buckfast Abbey Millennium Garden Fayre

June 2nd - Saturday 10am - 5pm. Buckfast Abbey Millennium Garden Fayre. Further information for parking will be available nearer the time. Coach drop-off facilities only.

Corpus Christi Procession

Evening Prayer, Procession and Benediction Officient: Rt. Rev. Mark O'Toole, Bishop of Plymouth 3pm Sunday 3rd June