Silent Order... These 22 monks had recorded a plainchant meditation CD to raise money to restore their 125 year old monastery of St Hugh's Charterhouse in Sussex. After being invited into their Vespers service late at night, only five minutes were allocated to take the photograph of the praying monks, including lighting the dark chapel. There were just 450 Carthusian monks at the time of this picture...worldwide....and 28 of them lived in St Hugh's Charter-house, Parkminster, the only Carthusian monastery in Britain. . In 1998 the Parkminster monks made a foray into the outside world. They decided to break their 900-year silence to share something of their hidden lives by recording an album of their Night Office chants, In the Silence of the Word. The Night Office consists of chanting and prayers which last from midnight to 3am, every night.