Draft:St. Augustine's House, Lutheran Monastery

St. Augustine's House is a male Benedictine Lutheran monastery in Oxford Michigan USA. This monastery was built based on the Swedish monastery in Östanbäck which founded the Benedictine Lutheran community in 1960 by a couple of students and in 1965 they have established that monastery. Father Arthur Carl Kreinheder was the first prior of the St. Augustine's House monastery who founded "The Congregation of the Servants of Christ” which is the official name of the monastic community. Current prior is Father John Cochran. Many have presupposed that Lutherans, as Protestants, don't have monasteries or monks/nuns but that is not the case.

Monastic Life
Monastic life at the monastery starts at 5:10 AM when the Office of the Vigil starts which is followed by a time of personal prayer and meditation. At 6:00 AM Lauds starts after which silence is observed when one may get breakfast and/or read. Then at 8:15 AM Terce starts which is followed by the Eucharist at 8:30 AM. After that the working period starts for monks and residents which have volunteered when meals are prepared and when some chores or gardening can be done. At 12:00 AM Sext starts after which the great silence comes. At 2:30 PM None starts which is followed by Vespers at 6:00 PM and Compline at 8:30 PM.

Visitors and tourists
Monastery is open for visitors or tourists. Monastery provides believers, pilgrims, visitors and tourists with the opportunity to stay over and engage in their monastic lifestyle, daily routines, prayer life etc.

Liturgy
Liturgy is done in according to the Lutheran Book of Worship and according to the readings of the Bible and chanting of hymns, Psalms or Gregorian chants.