Fr. Justin Sheehan, OCSO 8th Tuesday in Ordinary Time Shrove Tuesday Father in heaven, tomorrow your people will begin the Lenten fast, and the monks will dine on bread and... read more →
ABBEY NEWS Community Dialog This past week the community had a large group dialog to discuss the community's house report that is being prepared for the forthcoming General Chapter. The... read more →
Fr. Gerard D'Souza, OCSO 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time I was recently at our monastery in Iowa and was speaking to one of the brothers who oversees their extensive forest.... read more →
Fr. Jerome Machar, OCSO 7th Thursday in Ordinary Time Memorial of Saint Polycarp Sirach 5: 1-8; Mark 41-50 Today’s reading from Sirach affords us an opportunity to ponder the difference... read more →
Fr. John Denburger, OCSO 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time Leviticus 19: 1 – 2, 17 - 18: Ps 103; 1 Corinthians 3: 16 – 23: Matthew 5: 38 - 48... read more →
Fr. Jerome Machar, OCSO 6th Friday in Ordinary Time Genesis 11: 1-9; Mark 8: 34- 9: 1 Speaking to a gathering of religious superiors, Pope Francis said, “The Gospel must... read more →
Fr. John Eudes Bamberger, OCSO 6th Thursday in Ordinary Time Epistle of St. James 2:1-9; Mark 8:27-33 Both of today’s readings from Scripture confront each of us, and in fact... read more →
Fr. Stephen Muller, OCSO 6th Wednesday in Ordinary Time Gn 8:6-13, 20-22; Mk 8:22-26 Our miracle story this morning is unique in that the cure is not immediate. As the... read more →
Fr. Justin Sheehan,OCSO 6th Tuesday in Ordinary Time Saints Cyril and Methodius In the Byzantine rite, there’s a liturgical book called the “Synaxarion”, which gives information about the saints of... read more →
ABBEY NEWS Away For The Week After vigils yesterday morning Abbot Gerard headed out to the Abbey of New Melleray in Dubuque, Iowa to preach the annual week's retreat to... read more →