Easter-tide Contemplative Days: Praying alongside the Monastic Community

Holy Cross Monastery

  Tuesday, May 20 – Friday, May 23, 2014   A completely silent time with the monks as we observe our Easter-tide “Contemplative Days.” During this period we are in complete silence, no programs or spiritual direction are offered and there is a reduced worship schedule (Matins, Eucharist and Vespers). This will be limited to …
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Standing at the Tomb: An Easter Season Retreat for Women

Holy Cross Monastery

  Tuesday, May 13 – Friday, May 16, 2014 Led by: Sr. Elizabeth Broyles, CMA and Sr. Shane Phelan, CMA   We celebrate Christ’s resurrection as the keystone of Christian faith, but what does it really mean for us? How do we encounter resurrection, and let ourselves be transformed? What might we do to join …
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Loving the World: Photography as Spiritual Practice

Holy Cross Monastery

  Tuesday – Friday, May 13 – 16, 2014 Led by Mr. Paul Kimmerling   Is it possible to see the world anew, with wonder and curiosity? To re-present our surroundings as we find them, without judgment…indeed, with love? Join us as we take an “inside-out” approach to seeing the world and taking photographs. In …
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Come and See: Monastic Living as a Vocation

Holy Cross Monastery

  Tuesday – Friday, May 13 – 16, 2014 Led by the Monastic Community   A program for single men, aged 20 to 48, interested in exploring Benedictine monastic life as a possible vocation. Discover what this ancient yet modern way of life can offer you today. Cost: Free-will Offering

Spring Library Retreat

Holy Cross Monastery

  Tuesday – Friday, April 22 – 25, 2014 Led by Brother Bernard Delcourt   Join enthusiastic volunteers for a labor of love – and balance work, prayer and recreation – as we continue the rewarding tasks of caring for and cataloging over 20,000 volumes. Cost: $200, deposit: $80

Easter Week Clergy Retreat: Re-Joice, Re-Plenish, Re-Create, Re-Lax

Holy Cross Monastery

  Easter Tuesday, April 22 – Easter Thursday, April 24, 2014 Led by Rev’d Gwyneth Murphy   God saw fit to rest after a week of intense productivity, so why shouldn’t clergy rest after the intensity of Holy Week and Easter? This retreat is a Sabbath of spacious time in the peace of the Monastery …
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Harp Gathering

Holy Cross Monastery

  Friday – Sunday, March 28 – 30, 2013 Led by Sue Richards and Brother Andrew Colquhoun   Attention harpers! Come join us at the monastery for a weekend of sharing tunes and playing together. Sue Richards will be here. Sue is a great and well-known performer, composer, judge and a member of Ensemble Galilei. …
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Grounded: Finding the Spirit of God in the Spirit of the Age

Holy Cross Monastery

  Tuesday, March 25 – Friday, March 28, 2014 Led by Diana Butler Bass   In this retreat, Diana Butler Bass will share from her book-in-process, “Grounded” (forthcoming from HarperOne in 2015), a spiritual theology for what she calls “earthy” faith. Each day, she will present themes from different chapters, including reading in-process bits of …
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