CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE 24 December: 8:00 PM: Madeline Mac Neil: Christmas Carols 8:30 PM: Christmas Mass at Night 25 December: 11:00 AM: Christmas Day Mass This is the first of a series of posts reflecting Abbot Robert’s Chapter […]
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, Monday, 9 December
The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception will be celebrated this year of Monday, 9 December. Because of the importance of the Advent Season the Solemnity is transferred to Monday so the Second Sunday of Advent may be celebrated in its integrity. The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Abbot Robert Barnes presiding and […]
2nd Sunday of Advent, 8 December, 2013
The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. James Presiding and preaching.
A Word From The Cistercian Fathers For Advent
In the Lord’s advent, which we are celebrating, if I fix my gaze on the person of the One who is coming, I fail to grasp the wondrousness of his majesty. If I fix my attention on those to whom he comes, I am overwhelmed by the magnitude of his condescension. Surely the angels are […]
First Sunday of Advent, 1 December, 2014
This Sunday begins the new liturgical Year and we begin the Sunday Readings of Year A and the Weekday Mass Readings of Year 2. The Sunday Readings give a priority to the Gospel of St. Matthew. The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. Vincent Collins presiding and preaching. It is the First […]
Fr. Robert’s Homily for Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving Day is a long honored tradition in our American History. The first national celebration of an annual day of public Thanksgiving to God was decreed by Abraham Lincoln in 1863, one hundred and fifty years ago this very month. We were in the midst of our grievous War between the States; Lincoln had just […]
A Recycling of Sorts
Bakery Manager Ernie Polanskas is once again putting out the call for styrofoam “peanuts”. Styrofoam is one of the worst things you can put into land fill, so if you have any of those pesky packers, please contact Ernie. He’d be glad to re-use them to pack parcels from the Bakery for the holiday mailings. […]
End of the Year
When I did fund raising for a living I made sure to invite friends and donors of my organization to make a year end gift. This, of course, meant the calendar year. These were really important gifts because traditionally it is the end of the year, beginning of the next, where nonprofits need the money […]
Homily for Christ the King
Readings: 2 Samuel 5:1-3; Colossians 1:12-20; Luke 23:35-43 In Catholic grammar school I had been taught in American History that democracy was the best form of government and that we earned the right to govern ourselves by overthrowing the tyranny of monarchy. Yet in the same school in Religion Class, and taught by the same […]
Concluding the Year of Faith: Bishop Loverde’s Pastoral Letter
We conclude the Year of Faith proclaimed by Pope Benedict XVI on this, the last Sunday of the Church’s year. This summer we read The Pope’s Encyclical, Lumen Fidei, a collaboration between Pope Benedict and our present pope, Francis I. Bishop Loverde has written a Pastoral Letter to everyone in the Arlington Diocese, a Pastoral Letter on […]