About once a week, a new product will be featured under the tab Monastery Store, specifically for the Gift Shop. For the present, the posts will concentrate on books available in the Shop that you might find helpful for your personal reading or as a gift. Let us know if you’d like more information on […]
A Message From The Abbot
Every weekend A Message From the Abbot is updated under “About Us”. During Lent, the Abbot has been talking to the community about The Mirror of Charity, a treatise by the Twelfth Century Cistercian, Ailred of Rievaulx. Each week you can find a digest of Fr. Robert’s main point from his talk that might provide […]
Monday 19 March, 2012: The Solemnity of St. Joseph
The community Mass will be celebrated at the main altar at 7:00 AM by Fr. James Orthmann. It is a work-day for the monks, so there will be no homily. St. Joseph, as the protector of the Holy Family, is the Patron of the Universal Church. Since he died in the company of Jesus and […]
Sunday, 18 March, 2012: 4th Sunday of Lent, Year B
The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM: Abbot Robert Barnes will preside and preach. The Fourth Sunday of Lent is traditionally known as “Laetare Sunday” from the Introit: “Rejoice, Jerusalem”. We have arrived at a point in Lent when we shift the focus from repentence and conversion from sin to the joy of […]
2012 Fruitcakes
The first Fruitcakes baked this year–January, 2012–are now available for sale on line, by mail or phone from the Bakery. The first batch of some 650 cakes have had time for the fermentation to begin, the hallmark of a traditional fruitcake. The new fruitcakes will be stocked in the Abbey’s Shop for Easter. In the meantime, you […]
Video: Cloister Renovation Begins With Mansion Chimney Repair
Ask any owner of a historic structure how much maintenance is required to keep the building in good condition and in many cases the reply will begin with a knowing chuckle and a roll of the eyes followed by “You have no idea!” The stone manor house, the visually stunning focal point of Holy Cross […]
Vocation Inquiries
If you’re interested in discerning a vocation at our monastery, please check out the Tab: Join Us. Under that Tab, you’ll find Vocation; click there, scroll down and you’ll find a clear description of our criteria. If you’d then care to contact our Vocation Director, click on Monastic Life–also under the same Tab, Join Us–and […]
HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE, 2012
1 April, 2012: Sunday of the Lord’s Passion (Palm Sunday): 11:00 AM: Processional Gospel and blessing of Palms; Mass and the Passion Gospel according to St. Mark (Blessed Palms will be available on the Church Porch all afternoon) 4:30 PM: Monthly Eucharistic Adoration followed by (5:30 PM) Vespers and Benediction 5 April, 2012: HOLY THURSDAY […]
Arrivederci Fratello Efrain
Eliminate the word “Fratello” from the title of this post and you could sing it to the tune of Arrivederci Roma–provided you’re old enough to remember that song! However, Br. Efrain won’t be leaving Rome but will be living in Rome for the next three months. Br. Efrain will be participating in the Monastic Formaters’ Program to prepare him for […]
Re-cycle, Re-use, Reduce
It’s not unusual to hear visitors to the monastery say, “I want to simplify my life but I don’t know how!” I wish I had a good response to that exclamation. I clearly remember a few years ago a sister from another institute visiting our community and remarking that we may not appreciate how simple […]