The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. James presiding and preaching. Today is the First Sunday of the month and the Monthly Eucharistic Adoration will begin at 4:00 PM. All are welcome to join the monks in silent adoration.

The parables of Jesus tend to sound a bit extreme. Our Lord likes to use stories to get his message across to us and to help us remember them, he likes to shock us a little. Such is the parable of Lazarus and the rich man, memorable and full o vivid details. Our heart goes […]

How wonderful, my God, my love, is your love for me! How wonderful your love for me–everywhere mindful of me, everywhere eager for the welfare of whoever is needy and poor, protecting him both from human arrogance and the might of evil spirits. Both in heaven and on earth, O Lord, you accuse my accusers; […]

Abbot Robert appointed Br. Efrain as the community’s Prior. Br. Efrain assumed his responsibilities this Sunday, 29 September. Br. Joseph Vantu had been our Prior until this past May, but feeling the burdens of ageing and health problems, he asked to be relieved of that duty. As most of our readers realize, Fr. Joseph Wittstock […]

Fr. Andrew’s funeral will be celebrated Saturday, 5 October, 2013. The community will pray the Office of the Dead: 3:30 AM-Vigils; 7:00 AM-Lauds; 5:30 PM-Vespers. Fr. Andrew’s body will be received by the community in church at 8:30 AM  The Vigil of Psalmody for Fr. Andrew will be celebrated between the reception of his body […]

Fr. Andrew (24 November, 1925 to 27 September, 2013) died peacefully this morning in his sleep at 1:30 AM. Please remember him in your prayers. Details about his funeral and burial, his life and work here will be posted later in the day.

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

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

In your prayers please remember Fr. Andrew Gries whose health is in serious decline. Fr. Andrew has been at Carroll Manor for a number of years and is presently in Hospice Care there. He had served the community at Holy Cross as Infirmarian and Novice Director and his touched many lives in and about the […]

Readings: Exodus 32:7-11; I Timothy 1:12-17; Luke 15:1-10  The parables of the good shepherd and the woman who lost a coin have been allegorized for centuries. What’s an allegory? An allegory is a narrative that has a single interpretation, each character or image being equivalent to a particular value or concept or individual. In our […]