St. Michael's Abbey (Orange County, California)

Daily Mass at the Abbey
Monastery information
Order	Order of Premontre (O.Praem.)
Established	1961
Mother house	St. Michael's Abbey, Csorna, Hungary (Founded 1180)
Dedicated to	Saint Michael the Archangel and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Diocese	Diocese of Orange in California
People
Founder(s)	Rt. Rev. Ladislaus Parker, O.Praem. (19 Dec 1915 - 3 Jan 2010);
Site
Location	19292 El Toro Road, Silverado, CA, 92676-9710
Coordinates	33.6822471618652 / -117.620788574219
Public access	Yes

Rt. Rev. Ladislaus Parker, O.Praem.

Saint Michael's Abbey is a monastery of Roman Catholic Canons Regular of the Order of Premontre in Silverado, Orange County, California. The members of the community combine a monastic-style life with the active ministry of ordained priests. The Abbey is located on 35 acres (140,000 m²) on El Toro Road at the juncture of English Canyon and Live Oak Canyon in Trabuco Canyon.

Upon the conclusion of the Second Vatican Council, St. Michael's founding Abbot, Ladislaus Parker, O.Praem. (19 Dec 1915 - 3 Jan 2010), decided "to hold steadfast to all that was good in the old and not to shy away either from that which is new." Confreres wear the traditional white habit of the Premonstratensian Order. The Abbey is well known for its use of Latin Chant, of which four albums have been released.

Confreres of the Abbey serve in five dioceses in Southern California: Fresno, Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino and San Diego. Priests of the Abbey serve in high schools, parishes, offer retreats and spiritual direction.

Activities of the Abbey also include the operation of St. Michael's Preparatory and local parish ministry. An annual summer camp gives local youth a chance to experience the religious life of the monastery.

St. Michael's is an affiliate of the Institute on Religious Life. Roughly half of the nearly 70 members live at the monastery itself with the rest living in dependent houses.