If you’re used to delays in construction, we at Holy Cross Abbey just had a happy surprise. The renovation of our church will begin a good week earlier than planned. That’s good news for us, looking forward to moving back into the church. I realize it’s bad news for a number of other people since this coming […]

Readings: Sirach 35:12-14,16-19; 2 Timothy 4:6-8,16-18; Luke 18:9-14 The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Abbot Joseph Wittstock presiding and preaching.

Please be aware that the Gift Shop will be closed all day on this Saturday, October 15, as we celebrate the Blessing of our new Abbot with Bishop Loverde.

Readings: Exodus 17:8-13; 2 Timothy 3:14-4:2; Luke 18:1-8 The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. James Orthmann presiding and Fr. Dominique Nelson (Guadalupe Abbey) preaching. Fr. Dominique is a member of our community in Lafayette, Oregon and is a guest here for Abbot Joseph’s Abbatial Blessing on Saturday. Perhaps the Old Dominion […]

At the end of September, from 28 September to 1 October, we had the pleasure of welcoming Dom Eamon Fitzgerald, our Abbot General, and his secretary, Fr. Simeon Leiva-Merikakis. Dom Eamon had been Abbot of Mount Melleray in Ireland when he was elected Abbot General by the General Chapter some seven years ago. Soon after […]

I believe past posts have made reference to the upcoming church renovations at Holy Cross Abbey. We now have a date, 24 October, when the work will begin. Of course that means that we will have to move out of the church for our liturgical celebrations. During the projected three months of work, we will […]

Readings: 2 Kings 5:14-17; 2 Timothy 2:8-13; Luke 17:11-19 No one asks to be the victim of prejudice. Each of us has some touchy area in our identity that is easily wounded by someone’s prejudice. Tragically, this is inevitable in a pluralistic society. Pluralism was forced on ancient Palestine. The Jews were ruled by four […]

Readings 2 Kings 5:14-17; 2 Timothy 2:8-13; Luke 17:11-19 The community Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 AM, Fr. James Orthmann presiding and preaching.

The community has announced that the Monastic Immersion Weekend in the Spring is scheduled for May 5-7.  If you are interested please send email to companions@virginiatrappists.org and tell us a little about yourself including your experience with retreats, Cistercian monasteries, Benedictine communities etc. MIWs fill up VERY fast so you are encouraged to inquire quickly.  […]

Happy the man in whose soul the Lord Jesus once set his feet of justice and mercy. There are two signs by which you can recognize such an individual, for he cannot but bear upon himself the imprint of these divine footsteps. These signs are fear and hope, the former presenting the imprint of judgment, […]