This is just a reminder that, even with callers after last Thursday’s post, there is still good availability for making a reservation in the Retreat House through the rest of the summer. Each single occupancy room is air-conditioned, as is the entire building, and each room has a great view: it’s a wonderful way to take […]

Many guests at our Retreat House ask about Br. Stephen McGuire who was the beloved Guest Master for many years here. He has been at Carroll Manor on the Providence Hospital campus in Washington, DC where he’s been receiving round-the-clock care for several years now. Abbot Robert had visited our monks there just last week […]

Keep an eye on the mailbox for the Spring newsletter!  In this issue we tell you stories about the people that help us run the monastery-our farmer, financial advisors etc.-and let people who have attended a Monastic Immersion Weekend and retreat write about their experiences.  You’ll find this newsletter full of meaningful and interesting stories […]

Retreats are not are novelty to most Americans today. If at one time, the idea of a retreat was associated with spiritual disciplines and religious affiliation, those connections are a thing of the past. When I was a young adult I remember the emergence of meditation retreats and yoga retreats; AA retreats, of course; feminist […]

The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. Vincent Collins presiding and preaching. Sunday is also the national observance of Mother’s Day; our mothers, living and deceased, will be remembered in the Sunday liturgy.

If you ever wanted to get away from the city during July and August or wanted to get to a beautiful country spot during those months; if you ever wished you had taken some days of quiet reflection during your vacation, then there’s good news for you. Holy Cross Abbey’s Retreat House has very good availability for […]

This past Monday, 5 May, Br. Efrain set out for the Meeting of the United States Trappists’ Novice Directors Meeting. It is being hosted by Genesee Abbey, near Rochester, New York, from 6 through 15 May. So far we have no word back from Br. Efrain but such meetings tend to have packed schedules and it’s his […]

Readings: Acts 2:14, 22-33; I Peter 1:17-21; Luke 24:13-35 When we read the Gospels of Matthew, Mark or John we often find our own experience in broad strokes, enacted by archetypal figures. But Luke’s Gospel is detailed and each of us could find ourselves in one of his large cast of characters. Some, like Peter […]

The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. James Orthmann preaching and presiding. It is the First Sunday of the month; Eucharistic Adoration will begin at 4:00 PM. All are welcomed to join us.

No one is saved without self-knowledge, since it is the source of that humility on which salvation depends, and of the fear of the Lord that is as much the beginning of salvation as of wisdom. No one, I repeat, is saved without that knowledge, provided he is old enough and sane enough to possess […]