Order of the Holy Cross OHC Founded 1884 Holy Cross Monastery PO Box 99, West Park, NY 12493-0099, USA Tel: 845 384 6660 Fax: 845 384 6031 Email:davidbohc@hcmnet.org

The Order of the Holy Cross is a contemporary Benedictine monastic community open to both clergymen and laymen. The principles which govern the Order’s life are in two documents: The Rule, written by James Otis Sargent Huntington, the founder of the Order, and the Rule of St Benedict.

The liturgical life of each house centers around the corporate praying of the Daily Office and the celebration of the Holy Eucharist. Members also spend time in private prayer and meditation.
The work of the Order is varied, as members are encouraged to find ways to use their own unique talents in ministry. Houses of the Order vary from traditional monastic retreat/conference centers of hospitality to active inner-city urban houses. Members of the Order are engaged in preaching, counseling and spiritual direction, in teaching, in parish work, in evangelism, in retreat work, and in ministry to alcoholics, addicts and those with AIDS. The Order has a special ministry of building the monastic life in the Anglican Church in Africa.

Father David Bryan Hoopes OHC
(Superior, assumed office 1999)
Father Douglas Brown (Assistant Superior)

Other addresses
Mount Calvary Retreat House, PO Box 1296, Santa Barbara, CA 93102, USA
Tel: 805 962 9855 Fax: 805 962 4957

Holy Cross Priory, 204 High Park Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M6P 2S6, Canada
Tel: 416 767 9081 Fax: 416 767 4692

Incarnation Priory, 1601 Oxford Street, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA
Tel: 510 548 3406 Fax: 510 649 0881

uMariya uMama weThemba Monastery and Novitiate,
PO Box 6013, Grahamstown 6141, South Africa
Tel: 46 633 8111 Fax: 46 622 6424

For further details, obtain a copy of
The Anglican Religious Communities Year Book.

Or connect to the OHC Website