At
Holy Cross you enter into a time of prayer and reflection, renewal
and re-creation. The time you spend here can help you deepen
your sense of communion with God, nature and with others. Holy
Cross is part of the Order
of the Holy Cross.

Our
three Juniors are back from "Monk Camp" at St Benedict's
Abbey in Atchison, KS. - Pictures of the Abbey
and of the Juniors'
field trips are on Br. Randy's Flickr page. Br. Bernard
blogged about week
1 and week
2 of the Benedictine Juniorate Summer School.
The Prior's Column
- A Few Good Beads
Beads are
pretty ubiquitous in religious circles. Most religions that
have a developed tradition of meditation also have some form
of prayer beads. There seems to be an irresistible urge to get
your body involved in meditative prayer and beads fill the bill
just right - they give you something to help with your concentration,
and something to fiddle with, to deal with stray emotional energies.
I've been thinking for a good many months now about getting
some wrist beads. They are a sort of... Click
here for more
Do
you know a man looking into Monastic Living as a Vocation?
You
may want to point out the following October 6 - 9 program to them (Tuesday to
Friday): A program for single men aged 20 to 48 who are interested in exploring
Benedictine monastic life as a possible vocational path. Join the brothers of
Holy Cross Monastery for three full days of prayer, work, study and conversation.
Discover what this ancient way of life can offer you today. Begins at 2 p.m. on
Tuesday and ends after lunch on Friday. Fee:
$50 to be paid as a deposit at the time of reservation
You
can find them from our "Community Meditations" page (first item on the
left hand column on this home page.