This year the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is being transferred to Monday, December 9. Accordingly, Monday’s Holy Mass will be celebrated at 10.00 a.m. (and not at 7.30). The monks will be following the basic Sunday schedule.
A Word from the Cistercian Fathers
‘God, you know my folly,’ and ‘Your eyes see all my guilt.’ Lord my God, you know, and you have made me know, and your eyes have seen and you have not hidden it from my eyes. For I know, in the light of your revelation, how much I lack in perfection and knowledge, and […]
Thanksgiving Thursday
Abbot Joseph and the Community wish you all a very blessed Thanksgiving and thank you for your kind good wishes for this special day of the year. Please be aware that Holy Mass on Thanksgiving Day will be celebrated at 10.00 a.m. and we will be following the basic Sunday Schedule. Also, note that the […]
A Word from a Cistercian Mother
My king and my God – God, love and joy – my soul and my heart are jubilant to you. My heart desires to greet, praise, magnify, and bless you, life of my soul, my God – God living and true, fountain of sempiternal light … And with what will I reward you, my […]
Notes for November 1-3
Friday, 1 November, is the Solemnity of All Saints. The community Mass will be celebrated at 10:00 AM, as on a Sunday. Please Note: THE GIFT SHOP WILL BE CLOSED ON FRIDAY NOV 1 and reopen on Saturday morning Nov 2. Saturday, 2 November, is All Souls Day. Weather permitting, the office of None, at […]
Word from our Cistercian Fathers
And I beseech you, brothers, let us stand upon our watch, because now is the time of soldiery. Let not our conversion be on the dunghill of this wretched body, but in the heart where Christ dwells. Let our conversion be on the judgment and counsel of reason, so that we do not rely so […]
Fr. James’ Homily for the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
The cross on which Christ died may not have looked exactly like our familiar crucifixes. It did indeed have a vertical support and each of the condemned carried his horizontal beam to the place of execution—so the basic configuration we know is an appropriate approximation. But no one who had witnessed that torturous form of […]
Gift Shop closed during Community Retreat
Please note that the Gift Shop will be closed during the upcoming Monks’ Retreat. The days affected are the following: Monday September 9 through Thursday September 12. The Gift Shop will reopen on Friday morning, September 13 at 10.00 a.m. However, we will be closed again on Saturday, September 14 for the Patronal Feast of […]
A Word from our Cistercian Fathers
There is another arrow: the living and active word of God that cuts more keenly than any two-edged sword, of which our Savior said: “I have not come to send peace but the sword.” “A polished arrow” too is that special love of Christ, which not only pierced Mary’s soul but penetrated through and through, […]
Gift Shop Closing for Solemnity of the Assumption
Please note that the Gift Shop will be closed this Thursday, August 15 in honor of the Solemnity of the Assumption. The Gift Shop will reopen on Friday morning, August 16, at 10.00 a.m.