Carol Hensley, a name you’ll know from this website and a person you’ll hopefully recognize from contact with the Abbey, passed on this poem to me for posting. It was composed by Debra Shultz, one of our guests at the Retreat House. I’ve attmpted posting verse in the past but “trashed” the attempts because the […]

Please remember Br. Barnabas Brownsey in your prayers. Brother Barnabas has been back and forth to doctors’ appointments over the past couple of weeks to get to the bottom of a problem with his balance. He has suffered a number of falls in the Abbey. As you may well know from your own experience, there’s […]

The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Abbot Robert Barnes presiding; Fr. James Orthmann will preach. The community follows the Sunday Schedule and Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament will celebrated at the end of Vespers (5:30 PM).

The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. Vincent Collins presiding and preaching.

Most of our friends and visitors heeded the warnings for severe weather and didn’t venture out. The Evening Mass, the First Mass for Christmas, celebrated at 8:30 PM on Monday was an intimate celebration with about a dozen guests. Our notable guest was Madeline MacNeil who braved the elements–with a little help from her friends–to […]

Readings: Isaiah 52:7-10; Hebrews 1:1-6; John 1:1-18 What came to be through him was life and this life was the light of the human race; the light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it. These words from this morning’s Gospel constitute one perspective on what we celebrate today. I would even […]

The Saviour’s coming is indispensable; indispensable is Christ’s presence for people overwhelmed as we are. If only he will so come that, by his superabundant condescension dwelling in us by faith, he may illumine our blindness, help our weakness as he stays with us and protect and defend our frailty as he stands alongside us! For […]

As indicated elsewhere, the First Christmas Mass will be celebrated at 8:30 PM on the evening of Monday, 24 December. This Mass is integrated with the Office of Vigils, employing the proper Readings for the Mass; Abbot Robert Barnes will preside and preach. On Christmas Day. Lauds will be celebrated at 8:00 AM (rather than […]

The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 A.M.; Fr. Vincent Collins will preside and preach

A frequently asked question, this time of year, is, “What is the time of the Christmas Eve Midnight Mass?” We know what you mean; the Missal calls it the First Mass of Christmas and it was traditionally celebrated at midnight, growing out of a Vigils for the Solemnity of the Lord’s Nativity. For a number of […]