We can offer an unusual weekday schedule for those who might find the weekend slot too short or the weekday retreats too long. For the second week of September, 8 through 11 September, there are openings available for Monday afternoon (arrival time, 4:00 PM) through Thursday morning (rooms vacated by 9:30 AM). There are many vacancies to […]

The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM; Fr. Vincent Collins will preside and preach. As is usual, Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament (5:50 PM) will follow Vespers (5:30 PM).

Please remember Br. Edward McLean in your prayers. Brother suffered a fall, probably due to a new med that effected his balance; that medication has been discontinued. Brother Edward, 93  years old, is now in the hospital and his pain is managed; he’ll probably require some time recovering in a nursing home before he can return home to […]

The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Abbot Robert Barnes presiding and preaching. Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament will be celebrated after Vespers (5:30 PM) at approximately 5:50 PM. Abbot Robert will be leaving on 8 September for the Cistercian General Chapter being held in Assisi. He’ll return on 9 October. As […]

Readings: Isaiah 56:1, 6-7; Romans 11:13-15, 29-32; Matthew 15:21-28 The manufacturing of parachutes is a highly skilled operation undertaken with utmost care and attention to detail because lives depend on the parachute’s proper functioning. And yet, despite all this care, the final and ultimate test of any parachute occurs when the parachutist leaps from the plane […]

Revelation 11:19; 12:1-6, 10; I Corinthians 15:20-26; Luke 1:39-56 A great sign appeared in the heavens: a woman clothed in the sun with the moon under her feet and on her head a crown of twelve stars, we heard from the Book of Revelation. And in the Gospel we heard of an adolescent named Mary […]

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

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

You know that in a community of many it is impossible for all to be of the same strength, whether in body or in character, and so the authority of our Rule advises us to bear each weakness with patience; and charity requires us to stoop down somewhat to each. Some other person sees this […]

Isaiah 55:1-3; Romans 8:35, 37-39; Matthew 14:13-21 Matthew’s Gospel has a particular perspective on Jesus: he is the great teacher who unpacks God’s revelation, not in concepts in our mind but as the lives we lead. Jesus is a very patient teacher who, being one of us, appreciates our limits while, being the Son of […]