Our Monastery Chapel is, once again, open to the public for Daily Holy Mass and all the Divine Offices.
The Gift Shop is closed for Christmas Day and New Year’s Day but will be open again on other Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, from 2.15 until 4.15. On Saturdays the Gift Shop is also open from 10.00 – 12.00 Noon, and again from 2.15 until 4.15.
For those still wishing to purchase a Fruitcake, we do still have a limited supply available at the Gift Shop as of 12/25/25.
In order to meet the high demand, our monks have devoted their time to baking extra fruitcakes. This means that our much-loved Chocolate-covered Fruitcake Slices—though dearly hoped for—will not be available this Christmas season. They are especially labor-intensive, and with limited hands in the kitchen, we simply could not produce them this year.
We are grateful for your understanding and continued support, and we wish you a blessed and joyful Christmas.
Our Retreat House is open but until further notice, access to the confessor/counselor will be very limited and not always guaranteed. For more information on safety measures being implemented in our Retreat House and for making a reservation, please email Carol Hensley at information@hcava.org Also, we will continue to livestream daily mass and the main offices of the day: Lauds and Mass at 7.00 a.m. (Sunday Mass at 10.00 a.m.); Vespers at 5.30 p.m. and Compline at 7.30 p.m. (Please be aware that the quality of both image and sound is far less than ideal because of technical limitations)
- Anyone wishing participate virtually in our liturgies need simply Click Here to be redirected to our livestreaming page.
ONLINE SALES OF SOME OF OUR PRODUCTS
Fruit Cakes, (through our friends at DeFluri’s) Creamed Honeys, and Monastery Truffles can still be purchased online at: www.monasteryfruitcake.org
