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

Other Responses to the Refounding Retreat

Thank you to all of you who follow this website and have commented on the Refounding Retreat with your support and prayers … [Read More...]

Observers Arriving at Holy Cross Abbey

This week we are happy to receive two men who will be joining us for three months to discern their vocation with us. We call … [Read More...]

Refounding Retreat at Priestfield, 5-9 May, 2013

This past Sunday afternoon, nine of the monks of Holy Cross Abbey drove over to the Pastoral or Retreat Center at … [Read More...]

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