Holy Cross Monastery

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

The Holy Cross blogs

You can find them from our "Community Meditations" page (first item on the left hand column on this home page.