Timetable
We warmly welcome you to our Retreat Centre here in beautiful Ngakuru and we pray that you will have a peaceful and fruitful stay with us.
“With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.”
Liturgy
The Divine Office, the Official Prayer of the Church, is one that has been sung by countless Benedictine Monks and Nuns for hundreds of years from the 5th Century down to the present day and continues to be sung by the Tyburn Nuns, seven times a day.
Holy Mass for Tyburn Monastery Rotorua
Rev. Fr. Robert Sharplin has kindly taken up the chaplaincy of Tyburn Monastery Rotorua from the 24th June. The new Mass times are as follows for the monastery in Rotorua only (Holy Mass at Tyburn Auckland is at 9.30am everyday) and any future changes will be noted here:
Christmas - 24th Midnight Mass: 12.00am
25th Christmas Day: 9.30am
Sundays: 11.15am
Mondays: 5.00pm
Tuesday: 5.00pm
Wednesday : 5.00pm
Thursday : 11.15am
Friday : 5.00pm
Saturdays: 10.15am
Nocturns
5:30am (Thursday and Sunday 6.30am)
Lauds
6:40am (Thursday and Sunday 8.00am)
Terce
9:40am (Thursday and Sunday 10.55am, Saturday 9.45am)
Sext
11:35am (Sundays said with None, Saturday said with Terce)
None
2:40pm
Vespers
4:20pm
Compline
7:30pm
During the day the Sisters do Adoration before the Blessed Sacrament. If you would like to do an adoration (for a half hour e.g.) please contact the Guest Mistress.
Meals
Dinner
12:30pm
Supper
6:30pm
Main meal is at midday. Breakfast is self- serve in the mornings. Tea/coffee available any time of the day. Please try to be punctual when the meals are being served. It would be appreciated if the Spirit of Monastic Silence could be maintained, in respect of other retreatants.
Thank you.
God bless you!