In Benedictine monasteries, guests are never lacking, and Saint Benedict suggests we offer hospitality to each one. We receive every guest who arrives like Christ himself, for one day He will say, “I was a stranger and you welcomed me.” (The Rule of Saint Benedict, Chapter 53, verse 1).
Before all guests, arriving or leaving, with the head bowed down or the whole body prostrate on the ground, let Christ be adored in them as He is also received. (Ibid., verse 7).

The following table summarises the characteristics of our four accommodation sites :

HOSPITALITY AT THE TERREVILLE MONASTERY
Accommodation sites	Capacity	Rooms		Estimated cost
Accommodation within the monastery	7 beds	Single rooms	Men	25 €
Youth Guesthouse or Emmanuel	30 beds	1 Dormitory	Both sexes	5 €
Marie-Marthe Guesthouse		2 Dormitories		Donation
Saint-Benoît Guesthouse	12 beds	6 single rooms and 3 rooms with 2 beds	Women	35 €

Contributions are left up to the generosity of each individual. He who can give more makes up for he who has less to give.

The Guest-master is Brother Sylvestre.
To reserve a spiritual retreat, one may call (596) 596 52 09 48 and ask for the Guest-master. However, since the monastery’s Porter receives many phone calls, it is preferable to write to Brother Sylvestre at the following address :

Frère Hotelier
Monastère Notre-Dame du Mont-des-Oliviers
Terreville; Quartier Bel-Air
97233 SCHOELCHER

Be sure to include a phone number so that he may call you back. It takes a little longer, but he is sure to receive your letter.

Practical Informations :

There are no directed retreats, all retreats are in silence (no telephones allowed except for emergencies) and the guests share our life, joining in our prayer and our meals in the refectory.
If guests wish to do manual work, they should inform the Guest-master.
If guests wish to have a private meeting, they can ask the Guest-master.
Comfort is minimal. Both water closets and shower rooms are located down the hall. In the rooms there is only a bed, a table, a chair and a sink. It is this way that guests share the lives of the monks in their search for the only necessity, Christ.
They can leave their mail with the monastery’s Porter. The mail carrier passes every day.