Welcome to Holy Cross Abbey

The Abbey of Our Lady of the Holy Cross was born out of fire. When the monastery of Our Lady of the Valley in Valley Falls, Rhode Island, tragically and spectacularly burned to the ground on the night of March 21, 1950, the monks of the abbey were left without a home.

While the abbot of Our Lady of the Valley, Dom Edmund Futterer, labored to re-establish his displaced community at a new site at Spencer, Massachusetts, plans developed for a new foundation. Land was found in the ... Read More

News from the Abbey

Another Observer in the Community

This past Friday, Fr. James Stewart returned to the Abbey to continue his Observership. Father had been with us for a month … [Read More...]

Another Response to the Refounding Retreat

Br. Joseph Vantu, our current prior, greeted the developments of our Refounding Retreat at Priestfield with a heart felt … [Read More...]

Pentecost, 19 May, 2013

The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Abbot Robert Barnes presiding and Fr. James Orthmann preaching. The … [Read More...]

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