Abbot Robert’s homily for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (14 September) may be found under the current A Word from the Abbot on our homepage. Every week this feature is renewed from Fr. Robert’s various talks and announcements.

Eleven men ranging in ages  from 45-75 move into their last day tomorrow of the Fall Monastic Immersion Weekend.  Last night saw an evening meet and greet q+a with the Abbot and today conferences with Sr. Kathy Ullrich from Our Lady of the Angels and Fr. James from HCA.  Every man attending has enjoyed sitting […]

The 24th Sunday of Ordinary Time takes precedence today over the Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows. The Community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. James presiding and preaching.

The sound in choir this evening, with eleven additional voices from the Monastic Immersion Weekend, was glorious.  It filled our small church and made me wonder if this was a sign of something we would see soon at Holy Cross Abbey everyday.  Brothers David and Aelred (because we already have a priest in the community […]

The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Abbot Robert Barnes presiding and preaching. Our patronal Feast this year coincides with the Monastic Immersion Weekend, welcoming eleven men into our choir.

14 September is the Feast of the Holy Cross–our patronal Feast. The Gift Shop/Information Center will be closed for the morning of Saturday, 14 September. It will be opened at 1:30 PM for business.

The Mass for the 23rd Sunday of the year supercedes the Feast of the Nativity of our Lady. The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. James presiding and preaching.

Pope Francis has called for a day of prayer and fasting, today, 7 September, for peace in Syria and the Middle East. This morning we celebrated the Mass of Our lady, the Queen of Peace, at the Abbey. As Abbot Robert instructed, we are treating today “as on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, with bread […]

There is a sort of Christian spirituality that underlines the joy in living the Gospel. This is, of course, very true. At Mass this morning, Fr. Vincent referred to the “little virtues” cultivated by the the Visitation nuns. I was struck by the mention of joy, of patience, of peace–peace in the midst of doubts […]

Where is that saying of yours, let him come down from the cross and we will believe him? You wanted to break the seal of the cross, promising that you were going to begin believing. Look! the seal is open, not broken, so enter! In any case, if you do not believe the One rising from […]