The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. James presiding sand preaching.
March Monastic Immersion Weekend has spots open
We have had a couple of cancellations so there are spots available for the MIW March 28-30 for men and women. If you have ever wanted to live in monastic community, here’s your chance. For information or to reserve the spot send email to kurt@virginiatrappists.org Info on the MIW is on the home page under […]
Ash Wednesday, 5 March, 2014
The community Mass with the distribution of ashes will be celebrated at 7:00 AM in place of Lauds. Abbot Robert Barnes will preside.
A Word from the Cistercian Fathers for March
Mercy has welcomed you kindly, revived you with loving-kindness. Fear the judgment, lest the grace given to you in your humility be taken away from you in your pride. You have chosen to be of little account in the house of your Father; you were content to become as one of the hired servants. Remain […]
Humility acording to the Rule of St. Benedict (Part 6)
Without growing in humility, any of our efforts at spiritual renewal would be hollow and fruitless. This is particularly important to us at a community right now, but it’s always important to anyone’s development: humility is inseparable from authentic charity and genuine fraternal love. They are two sides of the same coin because if I […]
Eighth Sunday, Year A, 2 March, 2014
The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. Stephen Verbest, of New Melleray Abbey, presiding and preaching. Fr. Stephen is this year’s Retreat Director for the Abbey’s annual retreat. This Sunday is the First Sunday of the Month and Eucharist Adoration begins at 4::00 PM; all are invited to join us.
Community Retreat 2-6 March, 2014
The Holy Cross Abbey community will observe its annual retreat from Sunday evening, 2 March, through Thursday, 6 March. The Retreat Master is Fr. Stephen Verbest, OCSO of New Melleray Abbey in Peosta, Iowa. Fr. Stephen serves his community as Novice Director, among other responsibilities and will be giving us one 30 minute conference each evening of […]
Abbot Robert’s Homily for the 7th Sunday of the Year
Readings: Leviticus 19:1-2,17-18I Corinthians 3:16-23; Matthew5:38-48 Saint Matthew’s Gospel continues to teach us from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. This is one of the best known sections of all the Gospels. Going the extra mile and turning the other cheek: we’ve grown up with those phrases. The line from the Old Testament, an eye for an […]
Seventh Sunday, Year A, 23 February, 2014
The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Abbot Robert Barnes presiding and preaching.
New Photographs
It is not lost on any of our visitors that the Abbey has been repainted, that there are new members in the community and many of our veterans have died and are buried. Yet the images on the website do not always reflect those realities. Of course, in an era accustomed to HD, not any old snapshot […]