Holy Cross Abbey

For a nice run down of Holy Cross Abbey in Berryville, Virginia, where I stayed last week, click here. It also has some pictures of the main monastic house and the road leading up to it. I liked to walk out that road at least once a day through the pastures on either side where the cattle were kept. I had a little pair of binoculars and I would look across the herd and watch the monks tending to them. Reminded me a lot of growing up on a farm.

Here is an overview of the abbey.
You can see the original stone house on
the right that was built in the 1780s. The
long section on the left is the chapel.
I only made it there for the 3:30 am
Vigils once. It's dark and cold at that hour,
at least up in the Blue Ridge.