Activities
Benedictine monks live by the motto of their order, Ora et Labora, ("Pray and Work"). The roughly 30 monks at Westminster Abbey also follow this.
In 1950, Benedictine sisters came to help the abbey, and continued there until they left in 1968. Since then, all kitchen, farm, and most other work at the abbey has been done by the monks themselves.
Read more about this topic: Westminster Abbey (British Columbia)
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