If you visit Solesmes today, you can attend the full schedule of religious and Gregorian chant services at both abbeys, including the morning high Mass. The two abbeys are located within one block of each other.

In the countryside of western France lie the famous Abbeys of St. Peter and St. Cecilia, which flourish today as worldwide centers of Gregorian chant spirituality and performance. Almost ninety monks belong to the Solesmes community of men (Abbey of St. Peter), and about thirty-five nuns to the Solesmes community of women (Abbey of St. Cecilia). Both have achieved worldwide recognition for their contributions to restoring the true Gregorian chant of the Church. For more than a century the Benedictine monks and nuns of Solesmes have been deeply involved in the research of Gregorian chant, as well as performing extensive research and writing on monastic traditions and papal teachings. Today thousands of people, young and old alike, come every year to Solesmes to hear the pure sounds of Gregorian chant. Here the solemn beauty of the sacred music renews and refreshes pilgrims and visitors alike.