Abbey of Regina Laudis
Home to Benedictine nuns making artisanal cheeses, located in Bethlehem, Connecticut.

📜 Contemplative Benedictine monastery in Bethlehem, Connecticut, founded in 1947.
🔍 Known for artisanal cheese, a 300-year-old Neapolitan Crèche, and daily sung Divine Office.

Why Go

🧀 Taste unique raw milk cheeses and other treats
🖼️ See a historic 18th-century Neapolitan Crèche
🎶 Experience daily Mass and Divine Office sung by nuns
🛍️ Browse the Monastic Art Shop for handmade goods

Why Avoid

🚧 New cheese cellar construction may delay hard cheese availability
🚫 Strict monastic enclosure means limited public access to certain areas

Tips

💰 Monastic Art Shop accepts only cash or checks
📸 Photography and video on Abbey grounds require pre-arranged permission

Cost

💰 Free entry, purchases available at Monastic Art Shop.

Hours

🕒 Mass: Daily 8:15 am (Sundays 8:00 am)
🕒 Divine Office: Daily, various times (see website for full schedule)
🕒 Crèche: Daily 10 am–4 pm, closed winter months until Easter
🕒 Monastic Art Shop: Fri 10 am–12 pm; Sat/Sun 10 am–12 pm & 1:30 pm–4 pm

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