Fr. Malachy began life as Joseph Edward Marrion, Jr. on 20 March, 1926 in Winthrop, Massachusetts; his father was of English-Portugese descent and his mother was Irish-American. After High School, he enlisted in the Army in 1944 and served in Europe, honorably discharged in 1946 with the rank of sergeant. In his youth he had studied […]

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

The Mass of the Resurrection for Fr. Malachy Marrion will be celebrated on Thursday, 14 February at 2:00 PM in the Abbey Church. Burial in the monastic cemetery will follow. Further details of the day will be posted later

Jermiah 1:4-5; I Corinthians 12:31-13:13; Luke 4:21-31 I’d been meditating on today’s Gospel for a few weeks when I was struck by a line in yesterday’s Gospel (for the Feast of the Presentation) that may get short shrift: [Anna] spoke about the child to all who were awaiting the redemption of Jerusalem. What a terrible […]

Fr. Malachy died peacefully last night, Wednesday, 6 February, at 10:00 PM at Warren Memorial Hospital in Front Royal, VA.  Abbot Robert Barnes was with him and had administered anointing and absolution. Fr. Malachy had been recently admitted as a resident at Heritage Hall in Front Royal and had settled in comfortably. His death was unexpected.

The monks of Holy Cross Abbey wish to offer you our sincere sympathy to the family of Br. Benedict–his brother Andy and sister-in-law Heidi and his nieces Hadley and Amy and your families–and to all of Benedict’s dear friends who are gathered here with us. We offer our heartfelt regret for your feelings of loss of one […]

The community will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. James presiding and preaching It is the First Sunday of the month and Eucharistic Adoration will begin at 4:00PM.

Br. Edward McLean, 91 years old, is being taken to Winchester Medical Center for tests today, after repeated vomiting. It’s been a hard winter here for Br. Edward and the other seniors. Fr. Paschal’s health is improving; the course of antibiotics and attentive care at the Abbey is getting him through his battle with pneumonia. Br. Barnabas […]

Let us return now to ourselves, let us examine our paths; and in order to accomplish this in truth, let us invoke the Spirit of truth, let us call to him from the deep into which he has led us, because he leads us on the way by which we discover ourselves, and without him […]

This morning the monastic community and our guests from the Retreat House celebrated the Blessing of Candles and Mass for the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple. This morning, the Abbot blessed at that liturgy our supply of candles for the coming year. The one big exception is the Paschal Candle which is consecrated at […]