The Trappist Monastery grounds is a peaceful and sacred enclave in Guimaras run by monks of the Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance. These monks follow the rule of St. Benedict and are best known for the extreme austerity or strictness that characterizes their discipline.
The monks earn a living by selling souvenir items and processed foods such as jellies, jams, candies, piyaya and more, which are sold in a small shop within the monastery grounds. All the products are from ingredients grown in the Trappist grounds.
You can tour the monastery grounds, visit their prayer areas. Don’t forget to talk with the monks and nuns. They’re all friendly and are full of wise thoughts and things to contemplate about while you’re spending your time in serenity. There are also guest houses available at reasonable prices for those who would want a retreat from the stresses of life.
The Trappist Monastery is located in Bgy. San Miguel, Jordan Town in Guimaras. From Iloilo, Jordan, Guimaras can be reached by riding a pumpboat in Ortiz St., Iloilo City. Then from Jordan Port, one can arrange transportation to the Trappist Monastery with the help of the Provincial Tourism Office Outpost. It is approximately a 20-30 minute multicab / jeepney ride from the Jordan Port.
Contact Details
- Fax: (+63)(33) 581-3468
- Mobile: (+63) 928 502 4756 / (+63) 9274634465
- Contact Person: Fr. Bruno Mendoza
- Website: http://www.ourladyofnewhelfta.com/OLP/
Good afternoon. My family and I are planning to spend a day’s vacation in Guimaras this coming October 27, 2012. We would like to know if you have air-conditioned room to accommodate a family of 5 and how much would it cost me if it would include meals?
I have been to the monastery in 1977, and this would only be my second time to visit the site. This time I am travelling with my own family.
Thank you for your kind attention.
are rates still the same?i’m planning to go on retreat on october..do thy required minimum number of persons?or it’s fine even if your alone.
Been trying to contact the numbers for provided but there was no answer for the cell line. i left my camera in the souvenir store last sunday…. i hope that somebody who reads this will pass the message to the store. my mother’s 90th bday celebration is still in that camera and that was priceless. please contact me on my email address. thanks
April 20, 2012
Dear Prayer Warriors,
I have some discoveries in my body that make me think to have stomach and colon cancers. I am as poor as a rat and I can’t pay doctors to cure me in the Philippines. Please help me pray to cure these disorders. Perhaps, God may provide miracles to cure me. I am experiencing death little by little and I will be dying sooner or later due to stomach and colon cancers. How I would wish to die with My Lord Jesus Christ later on. I’ve experienced this most merciful act and I know that He will be with me while dying. I feel the spirit of death killing me once in a while but I am not losing hope that God will cure my stomach and my intestines. I may not cure my disorders by myself but may God’s will be done on earth as it is in heaven. I would wish to die like Christ in the Mt. Calvary but I have no idea who my murderers are. I will be loving my enemies and I hope that God will forgive my sins before and after I die. Please pray for me.
Yours truly in Christ,
Emmanuel C. Tio
Address: 759 Libjo, D’Hope, Batangas City, Philippines 4200
Phone: +63 43 4021121
E-mail Address: emmanueltio@yahoo.com
hello to all the staff and administrator;
I would like to ask about the trappist monastery, gusto ko po sanang mag-individual retreat, isa po akong postulant dito po sa servite order. Magkano po ba ang babayaran and others.
Salamat po!
been to guimaras last august…we’re first timers there. my friend and i stayed at the trappist guesthouse though we were not retreatants. the place was very serene…it is a place like no other. a respite from the hustle and bustle of the city.
we will be back and hope to take a retreat by then. thanks a lot to the guestmaster bro. meme magno who made sure that your stay will be a memorable one.
we have encourage friends from mla to visit guimaras esp during the mango season. our only regret was that we were not able to see mangoes in bloom.
btw the sadsad falls is one for the books and the beaches are great.
Hi Cecille
I ma interested in visiting the Trappist monastery. Can you possibly extend assistance by providing their contact number?
Will appreciate favorable response to this request
Many thanks
Rosie
It’s that time of the year again…. For those who want some peace and quiet or a meaningful retreat with friends, here’s the Trappist Monastery Guimaras website.
http://www.ourladyofnewhelfta.com/OLP/
God bless.
Pax!
My name is Bro. Blain a postulant of OCSO in guimaras. i see all your comments. you can send me thru here my email metarsier@yahoo.com. About trying the life i suggest you contact olpabbey@catholicweb.com. Dom Abbot Fil Cinco will tell you how and be open to him. i’m referring to you men here in this section wanting to try. they accept usually from 25 above but there are special cases. or call me 09192961218 or 09162914383. i’m a postulant yet, i am studying outside. i go there every summer. Most of all, pray the The Virgin Mary to assist you. Entering Trappist have a Lot of Process it’s not the same with those congregations that you can just come and see. This Order is different. I will try helping you all. And pls do contact me if are still opening this sight or look for me in facebook. good Day!
Pax Christe!
May Jesus lead you!
Good day. I’m interested to know how my brother could join the monastic life. Is it possible for somebody to join the monastic life even if he’s already almost 50 years old? I don’t know whom to address this question. I am just making a try if i can have the answer. He’d been in the monastery for a month exposure but he was not accepted that time because he was still very young. He met a girl and lived as husband and wife. The wife died recently and he found himself still with that desire to join the monks in Guimaras. Is there still a chance for him to be a monk? Pls. whoever you are out there kindly give me a response. I sincerely need the answer.
Hi Ms. Gloria, other monastery or religious order ay hanggang 45 year old lamang ang tinatanggap; but others ay until 35 year old. Mahirap na kasi i-form ang 50 year old above at humihina na ang health resistance niya at napaka-rigor ang activities ng monastic formation. Anyway, hindi nagtatapos doon ang bokasyon niya as long as he’s trusting God still at wala na siyang responsibilidad sa pamilya, he can still seek other options. Try to add our facebook account POOR SERVANTS OF DIVINE MERCY or email us at poor.servants@yahoo.com for further info. Thanks.
The first time I went to this place, the Trappist Monastery was when we have our field trip way back in 1980 together with my classmates in the University of San Agustin.
I have no idea of how monks lived not until we were there and have some conversation with one of the monks who was the assigned as officer-of-day….
I find the place to quiet and tranquil. Its really a good place for anyone who would temporarily get away with the city life.
I will plan for my visit there this year. I hope I can get a correct contact numbers so I can make proper arrangement or appointment before going there. Would it be possible even if I am not a retreatant?
I just spend the best days of the year this Jan 2 – 5 2010. I was the only retreatant during that time.And the spiritual experience served to reinforce my life as a single person. Spending my birthday there, in midst of contemplation and prayer, is a way of life I am pursuing even being outside right now in the middle east. I was provided with an upclose way of life of the brother monks.
Before when I struggled to include prayers within work and mundane activities, the monks opened my eyes that prayer is the life we live interspersed with work to sustain basic needs.I never anticipated and taken joy in prayer, and long my enounter with the Lord each time the liturgy of the hours draws close.
I lived in Guimaras for two years and Trappist monastery was my charging chamber every time I encounter problems. For two years also I worked at the Provincial Capitol and made me realized that work and spirituality were truly interconnected. After two years, I left Guimaras and entered a seminary in Davao. My experience in this island was truly unforgettable and helped my spirituality a lot. Thanks to the brothers who helped me realized the beauty and grandeur of life.
I lived in Guimaras for two years and Trappist monastery was my charging chamber every time I encounter problems. For two years also I worked at the Provincial Capitol and made me realized that work and spirituality were truly interconnected. After two years, I left Guimaras and entered a seminary in Davao. My experience in this island is truly unforgettable and helped my spirituality a lot. Thanks to the brothers who helped me realized the beauty and grandeur of life.
guimaras monastery….a right place to those who are BUSY and FORGETS the other side of life… i really miss this place… coz this is the greatest experience in my life that happened… looks like a dream come true… i really thank GOD for guiding me reaching the monastery alone and safe… and im very thankful to all the brothers for their kindness specially Fr. Bruno… hope i can get his e-mail add to keep in touch with…
God Bless Always….
i really miss the monastery…
I’m not sure why, but i got a different mobile number for the Trappist Monastery during my last visit. Do check out http://roamingronos.com/2010/03/monastic-products-in-guimaras/ :)
i would like to inquire if it is possible for me and my sister to stay in your monastery for some quiet weekend this april 9-11, 2010?
Thank you.
Hi,
I would like to inquire on how I may make a reservation for 3 days from March 24th – 26th, 2010, aircon room, for my mother. I have been trying to contact the numbers listed, 5813385 and 5813393 including the cell phone # 09274634465. The landline numbers have been inactive as per globelines and PLDT does not have any listing of Trappist Monastery. May I request to be provided with the contact number of Fr. Bruno Mendoza so I may reserve by next week?
Please help me.
Thanks
Please extend my regards to the monks and nuns. When I was a nursing student I was in a Prayer Group who used to spend weekends at the Bethany Prayer House. We used to sing at the monastery. That was in the 70′s – the picture of the monastery you featured here is a far cry from the Nipa Hut style of the monastery then. I remember the vineyard and lots of great memories from that place. We have since scattered but I will always cherish those days we spent nurturing our spiritual lives.
PS. let me know also how long can I stay in your monastery and other financial obligations. thanks!!!
I’m Moises Villamayor, Theology 3, a seminarian of San Carlos Seminary in Guadalupe, Makati City MM.I would like to hold a live-in experience of contemplative life in your monastery this summer and would search for a spirituality in the context of Diocesan Life. My Spiritual Director suggested your monastery as a good place to search for a spirituallity. Can you help me how can I experience your monastic life and what should I do to prepare for it.?
good day, i’ve been to guimaras just a couple of week ago and was able to visit trappist monastery… such a lovely place… i just would like to ask if the products sold there can also be bought here in manila… i love your jam and ginger tea a lot… more power.. God bless us all
I would like to attend a retreat on the weekend of Oct 31.
I was calling the number (033)5813385 but it seems to be an invalid number.
Is there any other landline we can call.
Thanks you.
Rafael
I went back in Guimaras last march and june 2009 after so many years of stay in manila but sad to say i wasnt able to visit Trappist Monastery, i heard so many good things about it, on how they can give good advices and the atmosphere can enlighten your spirit / mind. I hope this december when my sister and i go back in Guimaras we can also visit the Monastery.. Anyway i wud like to know if we can just dropby there or we need to call the Monastery first?? Thanks so much…
Since i went back to guimaras last march and june after so many years of my stay in Manila, i wasn’t able to visit the Trappist Monastery i heard so many good things about it, on how they can give you good advices and how the atmosphere can enlighten your spirit/mind… hope next time i visit Guimaras i can also visit the Monastery.. My sister and I are planning to go back in Guimaras on December can we just dropby there or do we need to have a booking first??
Im very much interested in joining monastic life, but i dont know how to go about it,but i don’t have the name vocation director. please let me inform. Godbless.
I am very interested about monastic life. I would like to contact someone from the monastery but i do not have there address and the name of the Vocation Director. Would you be kind enough to share it with me.
More prayers promised.
Just send it to my email add rtroa76@yahoo.com
Please let me know the contact
info for the Monastery
Are you related to Marietta Roa Protasio?
Jun Cordero
Benedictine Oblates
Prince of Peace Abbey
Oceanside, CA
P O Box 82212, Las Vegas
NV 89180
http://guimaras.gov.ph/tourism/accomodation/index.htm
visit this site and click accomodations
OLP-Trappist Monastery Guest House San Miguel, Jordan, Guimaras
Contact Person: Fr. Bruno Mendoza
Contact Numbers: 09274634465 / 033-5813385
Facilities:
Rates (Php)
3 AC rooms with 3 meals & 2 snacks
550.00/pax
35 NAC rooms with 3 meals & 2 snacks
400.00/pax
Note: for retreatant only
how can i arrange for a retreat?
Name Sr Jude Alcance ,FMA
From: Cebu Punta Princesa
Purpose : Retreat accomodation for 30 catechists of Cebu
Date March 26 – 28
Contact number 09163969175
Thanks Alvin.
The contact details I don’t have but the transportation details are already included in the post.
ei bro,
we’re group of graduate students here @UP Diliman. We’re interested to hold a 3-day retreat in Trappist Monastery from April 7-9 but we don’t know how to get there and who to contact. We would really appreciate if you can send us info regarding this matter. kindly send the info to my email address: alvin.macaranas@up.edu.ph
thanks.:-)
your posts are superb!
OLP-Trappist Monastery Guest House San Miguel, Jordan, Guimaras
Contact Person: Fr. Bruno Mendoza
Contact Numbers: 09274634465 / 033-5813385
Facilities:
Rates (Php)
3 AC rooms with 3 meals & 2 snacks
550.00/pax
35 NAC rooms with 3 meals & 2 snacks
400.00/pax
Note: for retreatant only
I love guimaras and this is the best place my husband and i have been too. we truly miss our many guimaras friends. thank you for the article about the trappist monastery. if you have further information about the monastery, i would like to talk to you.
it’s awesome to know more about guimaras the beauty in our neighborhood. i’ll visit the place next time after more than a dozen times i was there good job for opening my eyes