The Abbey of Regina Laudis, founded in 1947 in Bethlehem, Connecticut, is a land-based community of contemplative Benedictine women, the first abbey of its kind in the United States. Dedicated to the praise of God through prayer and work, the Nuns of the Abbey choir chant the Gregorian Mass and the full Divine Office each day while maintaining a professional commitment to manual and intellectual work as an integral contemporary expression of the Benedictine tradition. From the Women in Chant Choir, first featured in the New York Times and heard on the Today Show, Good Morning America, and National Public Radio.