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 […]

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 […]