The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Abbot Robert Barnes presiding; Fr. James Orthmann will preach. The community follows the Sunday Schedule and Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament will celebrated at the end of Vespers (5:30 PM).
Feast of the Holy Family, 30 December, 2012
The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. Vincent Collins presiding and preaching.
It’s Not Too Late to Make that Year End Gift!
With the end of 2012 fast approaching I would be remiss if I didn’t at least gently nudge and remind you if you are making year end gifts don’t forget Holy Cross Abbey! So many people have responded to our year end mailing and newsletter…if you were one thank you…if you haven’t yet, well…maybe…would you […]
Christmas at Holy Cross Abbey
Most of our friends and visitors heeded the warnings for severe weather and didn’t venture out. The Evening Mass, the First Mass for Christmas, celebrated at 8:30 PM on Monday was an intimate celebration with about a dozen guests. Our notable guest was Madeline MacNeil who braved the elements–with a little help from her friends–to […]
Christmas Day Homily, 2012
Readings: Isaiah 52:7-10; Hebrews 1:1-6; John 1:1-18 What came to be through him was life and this life was the light of the human race; the light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it. These words from this morning’s Gospel constitute one perspective on what we celebrate today. I would even […]
A Word from the Cistercian Fathers for Christmas Day
The Saviour’s coming is indispensable; indispensable is Christ’s presence for people overwhelmed as we are. If only he will so come that, by his superabundant condescension dwelling in us by faith, he may illumine our blindness, help our weakness as he stays with us and protect and defend our frailty as he stands alongside us! For […]
Christmas Liturgy, 24-25 December, 2012
As indicated elsewhere, the First Christmas Mass will be celebrated at 8:30 PM on the evening of Monday, 24 December. This Mass is integrated with the Office of Vigils, employing the proper Readings for the Mass; Abbot Robert Barnes will preside and preach. On Christmas Day. Lauds will be celebrated at 8:00 AM (rather than […]
Fourth Sunday of Advent, 23 December, 2012
The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 A.M.; Fr. Vincent Collins will preside and preach
Christmas Eve Midnight Mass? No, 8:30 PM
A frequently asked question, this time of year, is, “What is the time of the Christmas Eve Midnight Mass?” We know what you mean; the Missal calls it the First Mass of Christmas and it was traditionally celebrated at midnight, growing out of a Vigils for the Solemnity of the Lord’s Nativity. For a number of […]
Cardinal Takes Retreat at Holy Cross Abbey
The community was thrilled to have Cardinal Theodore McCarrick take his retreat at Our Lady of the Holy Cross Abbey last week. Here’s some information on the Archbishop: In 1981, Pope John Paul II appointed him the first bishop of Metuchen, a newly established diocese in New Jersey, and in 1986, he was named archbishop […]