Monastery of the Holy Cross

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Monastery of the Holy Cross

A community of Roman Catholic, contemplative Benedictine monks in the city

09/04/2026

What’s there to look forward to after the upcoming long holiday weekend?
Solemn Vespers! The new season begins next Saturday:

08/29/2026

Of the many projects around the monastery, some are not undertaken by choice but necessity: strong winds in one of the many summer storms knocked a finial off the bell tower, damaging the church roof.

The scope of the damage cannot be fully appreciated from the ground:

08/22/2026

For today’s feast, the Ave Maria (sung every day at the Office of Sext):

08/14/2026

We invite all to join us today, on the vigil of the Assumption, in praying this Novena for Vocations through August 22, the Feast of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary:

08/10/2026

In recent hot and humid weather, people may wonder—what’s the deal with wearing habits? Read Prior Peter’s explanation: https://chicagomonk.org/about/the-priors-blog/making-a-habit-of-acceptance/

08/07/2026

We’re grateful to Salvador's landscaping 1 inc for transforming our cloister during some of the hottest days this summer, replacing broken cement sidewalk with pavers and laying sod:

08/01/2026

Our main meal of the day is taken in silence, with table reading.

For more on lectio divina in the context of contemplation, see Prior Peter’s blog post: https://chicagomonk.org/about/the-priors-blog/conference-two-meanings-of-contemplation/.

07/28/2026

Everywhere you look around the monastery, various projects are underway—the restoration of our historic stained glass windows continues, with two more windows removed from the south nave, as well as a panel from one of the apse windows:

07/22/2026

Kyrie eleison:

07/18/2026

“Gardeners will know that the weeds that have little root are a cinch to pull up”—read Prior Peter’s homily, Improving the Soil of the Heart (https://chicagomonk.org/about/the-priors-blog/homily-improving-the-soil-of-the-heart/):

Address

3111 S Aberdeen Street
Chicago, IL
60608

Telephone

+17739277424

Website

http://chicagomonk.org/

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