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5-17-25 Spring Overflowing Conversi – (Latin) turned; converted; one who has changed This beautiful word serves as the name of our lay-associates’ online community. While they’re not nuns and monks by vocation, they are women and men who are very much committed to living out their Cistercian spirituality and formation in the places that God… Read more

Pilgrims of Hope Series “Good Shepherd Sunday” is the Fourth Sunday of Easter, and we are currently only entering into the Third. But perhaps this Sunday’s Gospel reading anticipates next week’s, for today the Risen Christ tells Peter to feed his sheep. And this, Augustine comments, “It is by loving the sheep that you show… Read more

Again & Anew, Alleluia! Holy Week happened, the Paschal Triduum swept us up, and we can say it now and again and again – Alleluia! On Palm Sunday, we processed in from the early spring chill, through the cloister, and into Church. The incense was swirling, our cedar, pussywillow, and forsythia branches were swaying, and… Read more

Please Visit Our Homepage to View Schedule Changes Please visit our Homepage to view schedule changes. The schedule for Holy Week / Paschal Triduum / Easter Sunday is on our Homepage. You are most welcome to join us! Read more

03-23-25: Around our Abbey we have simple, meaningful crosses, which the sisters see throughout the day… Read more

Lenten Crosses V Around our Abbey we have simple, meaningful crosses, which the sisters see throughout the day. They remind us of Jesus and his love, and call us to love in return. We’d like to share one with you each week of Lent. This cross hangs in our Refectory, where the sisters take their… Read more

Lenten Crosses IV Around our Abbey we have simple, meaningful crosses, which the sisters see throughout the day. They remind us of Jesus and his love, and call us to love in return. We’d like to share one with you each week of Lent. This cross, made from the stone of our land (and currently… Read more

Lenten Crosses III Around our Abbey we have simple, meaningful crosses, which the sisters see throughout the day. They remind us of Jesus and his love, and call us to love in return. We’d like to share one with you each week of Lent. This is a close-up of our Processional Cross. During all of… Read more

Lenten Crosses II Around our Abbey we have simple, meaningful crosses, which the sisters see throughout the day. They remind us of Jesus and his love, and call us to love in return. We’d like to share one with you each week of Lent. This cross, subtly yet significantly mounted on the front of the… Read more

Come and See Weekends June 20-22, 2025 October 17-19, 2025 Join the community in prayer for the liturgy of the hours and Eucharist. Listen to some of the sisters speak about our way of life, and how God led them to Mississippi Abbey. Meet other women exploring God’s call in their lives. Have the opportunity… Read more

Lenten Crosses I Around our Abbey we have simple, meaningful crosses, which the sisters see throughout the day. They remind us of Jesus and his love, and call us to love in return. We’d like to share one with you each week of Lent. This simple wooden cross lives in our Chapter Room, where we… Read more

Here to learn Our seasoned Novice Director likes to say, “We come to the monastery to learn!” And she’s onto something. Life in Christ is a full-person, everlasting event, engaging the heart, body, and mind in a learn-as-you-go transformation. Soon after leaving all we knew how to do, and how well we thought we knew… Read more

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The Presentation of the Lord One of the mysteries of a monastic vocation is that God manages to call us from what we know and love, and can see and touch, to a hidden life – a life of enclosure, silence, celibacy, and prayer. Jesus invites people of all backgrounds, views, and personalities “out” of… Read more

Cistercian Founders, Cistercian Family The very first monks of Citeaux were committed to keeping the Rule of St. Benedict. They loved it for what it required of them, what they had vowed: total self-gift. Such totality, though, entailed becoming needy. One cannot be totally self-given and, at the same time, totally self-sufficient. One way that… Read more