Our Fall/Winter newsletter is in the mail and will get to our friends soon. If you aren’t on our list and want to be send email to the general mailbox and we’ll add you to the list. Though this edition is briefer than in the past it is still full of stories about our various […]
Fall Newsletter Coming Soon
Each fall we tell you to hang around your mailbox ’cause you’re fall newsletter will be there soon. “All the news that fits” will be sent out just before Thanksgiving. Look for articles and information including the Bishop’s homily during his recent visit, updates on the Retreat House and Monastic Immersion Weekend as well as […]
A Preview of the Calendar
WELL THIS PICTURE OF THE COVER ISN’T GOING TO WIN ANY AWARDS, BUT WE WANTED YOU TO GET A PREVIEW OF THE NEW 2015 APPOINTMENT CALENDAR ON SALE SOON! THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS GIFT AND THE PERFECT APPOINTMENT CALENDAR! KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEB PAGE FEATURED SECTION FOR DETAIILS ON HOW TO ORDER YOUR COPY […]
“This Monastic Immersion Weekend Changed My Life”
This is the theme of an email I received from a Monastic Immersion Weekend guest this morning. The MIW ‘changed his life’ and I think changed a lot of lives. This was a special retreat for 16 men living with the monks for three and a half days, praying with them, listening to them in conferences, […]
Sixteen Men to Immerse in Monastic Life
Thursday will see a diverse group of sixteen men come to the Abbey for our fifth Monastic Immersion Weekend. MIWs offer men and women an opportunity to live in community-both the community of those attending the retreat and the monastic community-while providing ample time for silence, solitude and prayer. Retreat can be structured in many different […]
Getting Late
Registration is still open for the Monastic Immersion Weekend for men September 11-14 but will close soon. Only a couple of spots are left. If interested in spending these fairly intense four days living in community with the monks of the abbey send email to companions@virginiatrappists.org or call 540-955-4604… Here’s information and the schedule for […]
Monastic Immersion Weekend-as close as it gets
Though not vowed to Holy Cross Abbey I nevertheless feel this is ‘my’ monastery. I’m privileged to have a room here, sit in choir and refectory, and even participate in some of the communities business meetings. That’s more than I ever thought would be possible as a layperson and is a blessing I can’t fully […]
Abbey Calendar on the Way
Now don’t buy your 2015 calendar at Staples or Office Depot because the new, beautiful…stunning really…Holy Cross Abbey Desk Calendar will be published soon. Based on the Liturgical Calendar running from Advent to Advent (November ’14-November ’15) the Abbey edition is designed to serve both as a reminder of the beauty of the HCA through […]
Web Site Offers MIW Scholarship
One of our Monastic Immersion Weekend participants from the March weekend, Brie Tierney, so loved her weekend she and her husband are offering a scholarship to the men’s MIW in September through her sister-in-law’s cool blog Catholic All Year…check out the offer and if you’re interested why not enter the contest to win! www.catholicallyear.com click […]
September MIW
Sounds crazy but the September men’s Monastic Immersion Weekend is filling up quickly with six people already registered. This leaves just eight slots left so if you are thinking about joining us email asap and send your $100 deposit as soon as you can. companions@virginiatrappists.org