The Benedictine Monastery :
- a school where one learns to serve the Lord,preferring nothing to the love of Christ
- a family where brothers are called to live in harmony, serving one another in love.

For monks, hospitality is a sacred obligation. According to St. Benedict, every visitor must be received as Christ himself, who declared in the Gospel: “I was a stranger, and you received me.”
The monastic church is open to all who wish to pray with our community.
Visitors should feel free to address the monk at the reception or porter’s lodge.
The monastery accepts requests for special Mass intentions.
At the porter’s lodge, post cards of the monastery are available, as well as missals and religious books, Gregorian chant recordings and devotional objects, such as holy cards, medals and rosaries.

The monks of Palendriai publish a missal for the faithful in Lithuanian, “Gyvoji douna –The Bread of Life”. It contains the prayers and readings for Sunday Mass throughout the year, together with meditations on the Gospel. Missals can be obtained at the monastery or ordered.

Visitors who wish to receive the sacrament of penance or spiritual counseling, may meet with a monk who can help them to discover the way in which the Lord is calling them to live out their Christian life.
A monk devotes his entire life to seeking God. Having acquired experience in the ways of the Lord, he is often able to assist others by listening to them, offering them advice and praying for them. He can assist people who are seeking their vocation, those who wish to deepen their life of faith and prayer, those who are preparing to receive the sacrament of marriage, and persons who are experiencing various difficulties or temptations.

When coming from Vilnius, Kaunas or Klaipeda, take the auto route to Kryžkalnis, and then get on to the Tilžė-Riga highway in the direction of Šiauliai. Get off at Kelmė (at the "Agrotech" service station). Follow the very first sign indicating the way to Užventis, but shortly afterwards, at the second sign, do not turn off in that direction, but continue straight head, going through Verpena in the direction of Šaukenai, always following the asphalt road. After the seventh kilometric milestone, a sign on the right will indicate the direction of Šaltiniai and Palendriai. Follow this indication, crossing the village of Šaltiniai. Soon you will perceive in the distance the old church of Palendriai and the new monastery

When coming from Šiauliai, you can also get off the main road after milestone 83, taking the direction of Laikšės. The turn-off is on the left, but once down the ramp, turn left and pass under the main highway. Turn left at Gaugariai (onto Palendrių street), and 1 kilometer beyond the village, at the first intersection in the woods, turn right. You will reach the monastery about 7 kilometres after having left the main highway. But if you fear getting lost, take the main road to Kelmė, following the first set of directions given above.