Order of the Holy Cross
The Order of the Holy Cross is an international
History
The order was founded in 1884 by the Rev.
Houses
As of 2018 the order maintained five houses:
- Holy Cross Monastery, West Park, New York
- Holy Cross Priory, Toronto, Ontario
- St. Benedict's Priory, Volmoed, South Africa
- Mariya uMama weThemba Monastery, in Grahamstown, South Africa
- Mount Calvary Retreat House and Monastery, Santa Barbara, California
with the last two listed both closed c. 2019.
The Mariya uMama weThemba Monastery, in
Mount Calvary House, located in the hills high above Santa Barbara since 1947, burned to the ground in a wildfire on 14 November 2008. The community relocated to a site near the city center. In July 2019 the Order announced that Mount Calvary House, the smallest of the four houses, would close and the three brothers still resident relocated to other houses.[2]
Ministries
The monks of the order engage in various ministries, the chief being that of prayer (including the
Vows
Monks of the order follow a threefold vow of obedience, stability, and conversion to the monastic way of life. In general, monks of the order are encouraged to develop their own ministries within their monastic vocation. They undergo periods of discernment and formation when entering the Order. The daily life of the monastery revolves around a balance of prayer, work, study, and rest.
Associates
Lay people and diocesan clergy (male and female) may join the Associates of Holy Cross. According to the associates' website, members "intend to love and serve God through a relationship with the Order of the Holy Cross (Anglican), adapting to their lives the Benedictine principles on which the monks base their common life." Associates live under a rule of life developed with the help of a spiritual director and have an ongoing relationship with the order. Associates are entitled to use the post-nominal initials AHC.[3] Notable associates include bishops Nathan D. Baxter, Brian Lee Cole, and Robert W. Ihloff.
Holy Cross Publishing
The order is known for its publishing of the
In 1957 the order published Within the Green Wall: The Story of Holy Cross Liberia Mission 1922-1957 by the Rt. Rev. Robert Campbell, O.H.C. The book provides a detailed account of the Order of the Holy Cross's missionary efforts in Liberia.[4]
Personnel
Br. Robert Magliula, OHC, is the current
See also
- Robert Erskine Campbell
Footnotes
Notes
- ^ Scudder 1940.
- ^ "Order of the Holy Cross to close Santa Barbara monastery and retreat center, prior says". Anglican Link. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ISBN 9781476640877.
- ^ Campbell 1957.
References
- Campbell, Robert Erskine (1957). Within the Green Wall: The Story of Holy Cross Liberia Mission 1922-1957. New York: Holy Cross Press. Retrieved 2014-09-14 – via Project Canterbury.
- Scudder, Vida Dutton (1940). Father Huntington, Founder of the Order of the Holy Cross. E.P. Dutton, Incorporated.
- The Order of Saint Helena. Saint Helena Breviary. Church Publishing, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89869-790-2.
- RULES OF THE CONGREGATION OF THE HOLY CROSS. 1871.
- Order of the Holy Cross (1968). A Four Office Breviary. Holy Cross Publications.
- Episcopal Church (1976). A Monastic Breviary. Holy Cross Publications.