As prescribed by the Rule of St. Benedict, the monastery operates a farm and a variety of workshops where the various arts and crafts of manual labor are exercised daily. Outside the walls of the workshops are the compliments of husbandry
and agriculture, with the products of enclosed fields, greenhouses and farm animals such as dairy and the supports for a vegetarian diet. Other works include bakery, iron forge, woodworking, leather craft, letterpress printing and other artisanal works which utilize the noble and natural materials made by God unto his greater glory.

The Divine Order makes the work of prayer and the prayer of work the integrity of our life. As the living descendants of the Desert Fathers, the monks work in joyful obedience and silence, living out their days in the service of things divine, with soul and body working together in harmony and peace which is the tranquillity of order. For then are they truly monks, when they live by the labor of their hands.