A Special “Chant Retreat” is planned for the second week of August 2025
(More information can be found by clicking on the Retreat House Tab above)
Our Monastery Chapel is, once again, open to the public for Daily Holy Mass and all the Divine Offices.
SCHEDULE FOR HOLY WEEK 2025
PALM SUNDAY: Blessing of Palms and Holy Mass 10.00 a.m.
HOLY THURSDAY: Mass of the Lord’s Supper 4.30 p.m.
GOOD FRIDAY: Passion of the Lord 4.30 p.m.
HOLY SATURDAY: Easter Vigil 8.30 p.m.
EASTER SUNDAY: Easter Day Mass 10.00 a.m.
PLEASE NOTE: THE GIFT SHOP WILL BE CLOSED ON HOLY THURSDAY (April 17) AND ON GOOD FRIDAY (April 18). HOWEVER, THE GIFT SHOP WILL BE OPEN ON HOLY SATURDAY (April 19) AND AGAIN ON EASTER SUNDAY AT THE USUAL TIMES>
The Gift Shop is also open again and the hours are Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, from 2.15 until 4.15. On Saturdays the Gift Shop is also open from 10.00 – 12.00 Noon, and again from 2.15 until 4.15. PLEASE NOTE: Our Fruitcakes are again available in the Gift Shop—both the large round cakes and the smaller loaf cakes. Barring unforeseen circumstances, these fruitcakes will be available in the Gift Shop from now until just before Christmas, when they are usually sold out.
Also, our Chocolate-covered fruitcake slices are once again available in the Gift Shop—both individual slices and boxed
Our Retreat House is open but until further notice, access to the confessor/counselor will be very limited and not always guaranteed. For more information on safety measures being implemented in our Retreat House and for making a reservation, please email Carol Hensley at information@hcava.org Also, we will continue to livestream daily mass and the main offices of the day: Lauds and Mass at 7.00 a.m. (Sunday Mass at 10.00 a.m.); Vespers at 5.30 p.m. and Compline at 7.30 p.m. (Please be aware that the quality of both image and sound is far less than ideal because of technical limitations)
- Anyone wishing participate virtually in our liturgies need simply Click Here to be redirected to our livestreaming page.
ONLINE SALES OF SOME OF OUR PRODUCTS
Fruit Cakes, (through our friends at DeFluri’s) Creamed Honeys, and Monastery Truffles can still be purchased online at: www.monasteryfruitcake.org