Clear Creek Abbey News
NEW Corpus Christi Photos and Videos are posted in the photo gallery - click here to see this event.
May 26th, Trinity Sunday - Year of Faith Plenary Indulgence at Clear Creek.
In accord with the decree of Pope Benedict XVI for the Year of Faith (click here to read the decree; cf. sections B & C), His Excellency The Most Reverend Edward J. Slattery, Bishop of Tulsa, designated participation at 10 a.m. High Mass at Clear Creek Abbey for this past Trinity Sunday, May 26th, as an occasion to gain a Plenary Indulgence during the Year of Faith. Many of the faithful assisted at this Mass, fulfilling the conditions for gaining the indulgence. Those on hand joined in beautifully for chanting the Credo III (Profession of Faith) during Mass. Thank you!
The Benedictine Sisters of Clear Creek - Inauguration.
On May 13th, the feast of Our Lady of Fatima, the Benedictine Sisters of Clear Creek had the Inauguration of their new Queen of Angels Priory Convent, which uses the old buildings formerly occupied by the monks, before the construction of the monks' new, current monastery. Nearly 300 were on hand when Holy Mass began at 10:00 am, celebrated by His Excellency, Edward J. Slattery, Bishop of Tulsa. Then followed an open house and reception, which the monks were permitted to attend. Click here to see pictures. After Vespers, the religious enclosure was set. Contact with the world will be kept to a minimum, ensuring the silence and peace that is necessary for their contemplative life. For any questions or for prayer requests, the Sisters can be contacted through their website. Please remember to pray for the Sisters, who are most definitely praying for you and for all the benefactors who have so generously helped them to arrive at this new stage in their growth. Thank you! Deo gratias!
NEW Photos and Videos of the Rogation Days Processions - click here to see!
For three days before the feast of the Ascension, the community and the faithful prayed the traditional litanies of rogation during outdoor processions on the property. Click here or on the image at left to see pictures and videos which capture the springtime atmosphere of these tradtional processions (click here to learn more about the rogation days) and the chanted litanies which accompany them, asking Our Lord to guide and bless us from His throne at the right hand of the Father.
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NEW Audio Samples from our First chant CD are Now Posted for you to enjoy!
Click here or on the CD image at right to hear the newly posted Audio Samples from our first album of Gregorian chant recorded at Clear Creek Abbey, Ecce Fiat: The Annunciation. You can also read more about this 2012 recording by scrolling further down on this news page.
3 NEW Books now Available in the gift shop & book store.
Please take a look at these books, which we have made available at the request of many of our friends: Explanation of the Holy Mass, The Solesmes Method for Gregorian Chant and Explanation of The Medal of St. Benedict. Click here or on the images at left to find out more.
Holy Week & Easter 2013 Photos are now posted in the photo gallery - click here to see this event.
News Oklahoma does a Feature Story on Clear Creek.
During Holy Week, in the last week of March, we received a visit from reporters and photographers at the Daily Oklahoman, who came to gather information for an indepth story about the nature and history of the monastic Christian life and witness which are found at Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey. Their efforts resulted in three separate articles dealing with different aspects of our life of liturgical prayer and work, 'ora et labora', including video clips and photos, all of which can be seen by clicking here or on the picture at right. (Please suffer the 30 second unsolicited advertisement preceding the 1.5 minute video about Clear Creek Abbey.)
Great News for Religious Art Lovers. One-of-a-kind monastic works of art.
Totally unique, one-of-a-kind monastic works of art will be sold from time to time on our gift store page. Click here or on the image at left to see if any works are available. There is only one of whatever you might find at a particular time, and the kind of artwork will differ according to the different talents and inclinations of the artists. These beautiful and inspiring items are carefully handcrafted by the monks during manual labor. Each item will be blessed before it is shipped. Thank you and God bless those who will come to own and appreciate these fruits of monastic time, talent and devotion.
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Work Day 2013 was a great success! Thank you to all! - see photos.
NEW - Ecce Fiat - Our first Gregorian chant CD
De Maria numquam satis. “Of Mary, there is never enough.” Such was the opinion of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux in his day. Such is our own at Clear Creek several centuries later. On May 22-23 of 2012 we recorded Ecce Fiat: The Annunciation, our first CD of Gregorian chant with the help of Chapman Recording & Mastering. The theme of these recordings was the Annunciation, the encounter of the Virgin of Nazareth with the Archangel Gabriel, as recorded in Saint Luke’s Gospel (Chapter 1). This is the mystery under which our monastery was founded. What a joy it was to sing the praises of Our Lady in our own (partially completed) abbatial church. The harsh Oklahoma heat was beginning to make itself felt, as did the wind on the second day of the session, while a mocking bird kept up its relentless vocal scales from a nearby tree. But all of these were the providential circumstances that helped create the musical reality of the day.
December 13, 2012 - Cardinal Burke celebrated a Pontifical Mass at Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey
Thank you to all those who were able to assist at this event, where His Eminence Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke, Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura in Rome, celebrated Holy Mass pontifically. Cardinal Burke was previously Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin diocese (1994-2003) and then Archbishop of St. Louis, Missouri archdiocese (2003-2008), where he distinguished himself by his fidelity to the Church's Magisterium and his support of the traditional Latin Liturgy. Click here to read the Cardinal's homily for this Mass of St. Lucy. Once again, thank you to all, especially to Cardinal Burke and to His Excellency Bishop Edward Slattery for taking the opportunity to visit the abbey and celebrate this solemn liturgy with us! See photos.
Quadruple Solemn Profession Photographs - December 8, 2012 - Please click on the picture below.
New Book - Light & Strength
Quadruple Solemn Profession Photographs - December 8, 2012 - Please click on the picture below.
New Book - Light & Strength
Clear Creek Abbey has just completed the first English translation of the French original of Light and Strength, the biography of Mother Cécile Bruyère, spiritual daughter of Dom Prosper Guéranger, abbot of Saint-Pierre of Solesmes, Foundress and first abbess of Sainte-Cécile of Solesmes. Now English speakers can come to know the story of this remarkable contemplative nun whose doctrine and influence continue to guide and give growth to the nuns of the Solesmes Congregation.
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Since October 2011, we have been sending out Email News Updates to those interested in receiving regular updates on Clear Creek Abbey, like the ones found below. Since then, we have found that many do not receive these emails because their spam filters do not recognize the address from which the messages are being sent out. If you would like to receive these email updates, then please join our mailing list. In order to ensure that your spam filters will not block the messages being sent, then you must add clearcreekabbey@h2.p0.com to your contacts list in your address book. If you enjoy the updates, then please forward them to your friends. In this way we can be sure to reach you with the latest news from Clear Creek Abbey. Thank you and God bless you!
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John Senior Colloquium 2011
Audio Recordings of this August 2011 event are now available on a single disc containing image files of the event Program, event Pictures, Homilies given at Mass, along with 10.5 hours of audio mp3 recordings of the talks given. Please direct requests and questions to: jscolloquium@gmail.com, where you can receive more information about the event and how to order the recordings.