There are still about ten vacancies for this weekend ( Friday to Sunday, 15-17 June) at our Retreat House. If you’ve discovered that you have some unexpected free time this weekend or need some time away, please feel free to apply for the available space. Please contact Carol Hensley by Thursday by dialing 540-955-4383 or by email: […]

There are two Power Point Programs available as educational resources from this site. One is on the Monastic Life and the second is on Cistercian Spirituality. The two programs have been realized on Microsoft Powerpoint. They would be suitable for high school, adult education or parish study groups, basic outlines that can be expanded or contracted […]

This Sunday is the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, Corpus Christi. The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Abbot Robert Barnes presiding and preaching. From after Communion through Vespers, the Blessed Sacrament will be exposed for adoration. members of the community will be keeping prayerful watch and we invite all […]

Br. Efrain will be returning home to the Abbey from the Formators’ Program in Italy on Friday, 15 June. The second half of the Program was held in Assisi. The high-powered series of lectures from notable scholars continue and Br. Efrain continues to lap it all up. Although the Abbot gave him the option of spending some extra […]

Liturgically, we have recently completed the Easter Season and have returned to Ordinary Time. Even the great Sunday Solemnities of the Holy Trinity and Corpus Christi, and the Friday Solemnity of the Sacred Heart, are part of Ordinary Time. They mark the transition from the Easter Season. In secular life, we are also in a […]

This week–4 to 8 June, Monday afternoon through Friday morning–there are a good number of vacancies in our Retreat House. If you’ve been dreaming about getting away to Holy Cross Abbey for some quiet and reflection and just happen to have the time this week, please contact Carol Hensley at 540-955-4383 or email her at […]

The community Mass will be celebrated by Fr. Vincent Collins at 11:00 AM. Fr. Vincent will also preach. The monthly Eucharistic Adoration will begin at 4:00 PM and continue through Vespers. Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament will be celebrated after Vespers. All are invited to join us.

The Lay Cistercians of Holy Cross are observing their annual retreat at Holy Cross Abbey this weekend. On Saturday, 26 May, after Midday Prayer, the Lay Cistercians joined the monks in choir for their profession ceremony. Abbot Robert reflected on the Reading from the Letter to the Ephesians (Eph 3:14-19), as a preparation for Pentecost […]

The Clarke County Historic Preservation Commision honored the winners of the Commision’s annual awards on Thursday, 24 May. Among those lauded was Holy Cross Abbey, granted a Stewardship Award. Marty Hiatt, presenting the award, noted that the Abbey, located on the site of the largest Civil War battle in Clarke County, has maintained a working […]

With a few exceptions, our Bishop, Paul Loverde, visits us once a year to celebrate Mass with us, share a meal and informally converse with us. This year, our Bishop visited on Friday, 25 May, in the company of Fr. Phillip Cozzi of St. John the Evangelist Parish in Warrenton.  In his homily, Bishop Loverde acknowledged […]