paxabbey at The Abbey of Our Lady of Exile, Mount St Benedict, Tunapuna, Port of Spain 00014 TT - Welcome to our Guests!

Justice Melville Baird arrived at the Abbey on Friday 01 September 2006 for a week of quiet reflection.

Richard Jones from Mayaro arrived at the Abbey on Friday 08 September 2006 to spend the week-end.  He was recommended by his Parish Priest, Fr Christian Chambers.

Bro Roberto Duarte from the Monastery of Tibati arrived on Friday 08 September 2006 to spend a few months at the Abbey.  The purpose of his visit is to experience monastic life in a Caribbean setting and to improve his level of English.

Fr Sunoj Thomas from the Monastery of St Thomas in Kerala, South India, arrived on Monday 20 November 2006 to stay at the Abbey until 04 November 2006.  He belongs to the same monastery as Fr Josekutty. 

Mr. Michael Stephenson from Jamaica, spent as an aspirant on a come and see experience. He stayed with us from December 27th 2006 to January 17th 2007. We pray for him that God's will may be done in his life.

Fr. Mark Tierney O.S.B. arrives at the monastery on the 28th of February 2007. He will be with us for the next two months and is once again here to help us with our archives and the building of its content. Warm welcome back Fr. Mark.

Mr. Romel Pierre from Paramin and Mr. Kenneth Warner from Belmont were both received as guests in our Monastery for a moment of Quiet reflection yesterday Friday 2nd March 2007. They both will be staying until Sunday 4th March 2007, before returning to their jobs again on the following Monday. May God be at work in their lives.

Mr Phillip Vanderbush arrived at the Abbey on Thursday 19 April 2007 to spend a few days until Tuesday 24 April 2007.  He is a relative of Dom Mayeul and is keen on the life of our founder.  He is a friend of Fr Mark Tierney and will spend the few days in our Archives learning more about Dom Mayeul.

Robert Christo on Retreat at the Abbey from Wednesday 09 to Sunday 13 May 2007 to prepare for his Ordination to the Diaconate on Saturday 19 May 2007.

Matthew Crawford, one of the participants on the Benedictine Weekend Experience (06-08/07/2007), is at the Abbey from Friday 20 July to Sunday 22 July 2007 on a "Come and See" week-end.

Mr Filip Vandenbushe, an in-law of Dom Mayeul de Caigney, arrived at the Abbey on Saturday 28 March 2008 and will return to Texas on Sunday 06 April 2008.  During his stay he will assist Fr Mark Tierney in our Archives, doing research on the life and times of Dom Mayeul, the founder of Mount St Benedict.

Mr Gregory Garraway, a young man from Guyana, arrived at the Abbey on Sunday 06 April 2008 to spend two weeks on retreat at the Abbey.  He was recommended by Bro Pascahl Jordan.

Ricardo Paul (Arima), Christopher Mejias (Glencoe), and Antonio Geoffroy (Fyzabad) from 28 to 30 November 2008 on a "Benedictine Experience" week-end.

Rev Fr Clyde Harvey arrived at the Abbey on Monday 06 July 2009 to conduct our Annual Community Retreat. 

Ian Camacho, Living Water Community, spent a week on retreat at the Abbey from Sunday 19 to Friday 24 July 2009.

Bro Paschal Jordan arrived on Saturday 01 August 2009 to spend a week at the Abbey for the purpose of assisting at the Liturgy School.

Mr Richard Jones from Guyaguyare arrived at the Abbey on Wednesday 05 August 2009 to spend a few days until Sunday.  He is discerning a vocation to the Benedictine way of life. 

Tony Simpson from Manchester in England arrived at the Abbey on Thursday 06 August 2009 to spend six weeks at the Abbey. 

Mr Richard Jones from Guyaguyare arrived at the Abbey on Monday 24 August 2009 to spend a week at the Abbey until Sunday 30 August.  He is discerning a vocation to the Benedictine way of life.

Matthew Ragbir from the Living Water Community spent a week of Retreat at the Abbey from Monday 24 to Saturday 29 August 2009.  Fr Christopher Theunissen was the Director. 

Bishop Francis Alleyne, Georgetown, Guyana, at the Abbey from 03 to 11 September 2009.  He will attend the Retrouville Week-end for difficult marriages and also some Bishops' meetings.