The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM; Fr. James Orthmann will preside and preach. At the conclusion of Mass, Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament will be celebrated.
Retreat Opportunities at Holy Coss Abbey
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: […]
Video: New Wind Vane Tops Cemetery Chapel
As Cool Spring Natural Cemetery’s new chapel building nears completion, the structure’s designer and builder, Ron Heath of Winchester, Virginia, decided on Friday that the long-anticipated time for adding a wind vane to the chapel’s tower peak had finally arrived. While providing visitors with a valuable snippet of real-time weather information upon their arrival at […]
Power Point Presentations Available
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 […]
Corpus Christi, 10 June, 2012
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 […]
How could you NOT visit us??
This morning as I left my room in the monastery after Vigils the sun was coming up and I was again struck by the unbelievable beauty we are surrounded by here at Our Lady of the Holy Cross. This picture-taken with my Galaxy tablet in panoramic format (don’t ask me, I just push the buttons) […]
Br. Efrain
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 […]
A Season of Transitions
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 […]
Sustainers group growing
When we introduced our new Sustainers Program we expected there would be good response to this simple method of contributing to the monastery. Our friends are telling us they appreciate the ease with which they can make their gift on a monthly basis. One such friend is Ellen Whitestone. Ellen has been coming to the […]
Available Openings at the Retreat House This Week
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 […]