I don’t have to tell you that disastrous weather is predicted for our area this coming week. Although reports change with each update–and we may only experience heavy rain this Monday, 29 October–we ask all those headed to our Retreat House to use caution and exercise your best judgment regarding your reservation at the Retreat House. […]

Fr. Vincent Collins will celebrate 50 years of monastic profession. The Jubilee Mass will be celebrated at 7:00 AM at which time Fr. Vincent will renew his monastic profession and be granted the blessing of the Jubilee. Our readers and visitors know Fr. Vincent from his tireless work in the gift shop. Father asked for […]

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

Remember the days when we got that kind of notice–“check your mailbox…”  Nowadays, of course, it usually says “check your in-box.”  Well remember, we come from a tradition that is 1500 years old so we’re still going to tell you to check your mail box for the new, chock full of news, Fall Newsletter.  You’ll see […]

Wednesday 17 October was definitely a first for the monks of Holy Cross Abbey. At approximately 11:00 AM we gathered with neighbors, friends, employees, the press and invited notables to consecrate Cool Spring Natural Cemetery and to bless the fields along the Shenandoah now being worked by the Zurchmeides of Great Country Farm (Bluemont). We have […]

This past week we celebrated several martyrs. Saint Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, wrote a series of letters to the major Churches of his day on his way in chains from Antioch to his martyrdom in Rome. He eloquently describes the fruitfulness of the martyrs’ self-giving in death, united to the death of Christ. The North […]

The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Abbot Robert Barnes presiding and preaching.

From a Chapter Talk by Abbot Robert Barnes: A couple of weeks ago, Soren Johnson, from the Arlington Diocese came out to see me. Bishop Loverde has appointed him as his special assistant for Evangelization and Media. Soren will travel to the parishes in the dioceses to help organize on the parish level the new […]

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

I don’t claim to suggest any fool-proof methods or one-size-fits-all-solutions on this post. I’m just sharing some practices that help may and probably will be  useful to some other people. I suspect there there is no ONE answer to the question, “How can I quiet down?” Think of medications and side effects. There’s no universal cure that works […]