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Clear Creek Abbey hosts Empress Zita Symposium 2026

2026-04-08T17:54:21-05:00April 8th, 2026|News|

Servant of God Empress Zita Holy Mass & Symposium at 10am on May 9, 2026.

Holy Mass in honor of Servant of God Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary, followed by presentations by

  • our Abbot, the Right Reverend Dom Philip Anderson,
  • Monsieur l’Abbé Jacques Olivier, FSSP,
  • HIRH Princess Maria-Anna Galitzine, and
  • HIRH Princess Xenia Galitzine de Matta.

Catered Meal served by The Clear Creek Guild a Chapter of the Catholic Land Movement.

Reserve a seat soon at their website EmpressZitaCause.com.

Read Father Abbot’s words about Empress Zita in his letter “Humble Nobility“.

Books about Empress Zita

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Learn Gregorian Chant – Laus in Ecclesia Level One & Two & Three Courses 2026

2026-04-02T11:34:11-05:00April 2nd, 2026|News|

Clear Creek Abbey will host a week-long instruction in Gregorian chant at three different levels of instruction:

1) Laus in Ecclesia, level 1, for beginners: Gregorian initiation, covering the basics of Gregorian chant, that is, reading the neums, rhythm, modality, Latin pronunciation and verbal rhythm. This level targets the beginner or simply amateur in Gregorian. The student must know how to hold a tune.
Instructor: Kathy Reinheimer.

2) Laus in Ecclesia, level 2, for cantors: covering Gregorian Psalmody and the Divine Office, this level builds on and sharpens the skills learned in the first degree. Prequisites to join level 2: Level 1 or equivalent.
Instructor: Mark Donnelly.

3) Laus in Ecclesia, level 3, for directors of scholae: the concentration is on chironomy and the interpretation of bigger Gregorian pieces.
Instructor: Br. Mark Bachmann, OSB.

Opportunities to sing the chant: two Masses sung in Gregorian […]

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A Monastic Revival in America? An Interview with a Monk

2026-01-22T11:46:29-06:00January 22nd, 2026|Letters to the Friends, News, Videos|

Dear Friends,

Are we living through a renaissance in monastic life? And if so, what does that monastic revival mean for the rest of the Church?

Late last year, Fr. Ambrose Criste, O.Praem., of St. Michael’s Abbey sat down with our very own Fr. Patrick Carter, OSB, to explore these very questions. Their discussion is a compelling and timely one: they cover the history and legacy of the Benedictine monastic tradition, its striking relevance in contemporary society, and its indispensable role in renewing the Church and our society.

They also discuss the role that Our Lady of Clear Creek is playing at this pivotal moment in history—which makes you, our friends, part of this conversation, too!

I hope that you find this conversation as exciting and inspiring as I do. What we are doing here is historic work […]

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“The Fire of Faith”: Watch the Short Film

2025-10-01T11:56:44-05:00October 1st, 2025|Fundamental Videos, Letters to the Friends, News, Videos|

Dear Friends,

Recently, a celebrated film crew from Europe journeyed to Clear Creek in an effort to capture a glimpse of our way of life. This stop was part of a longer adventure that took this crew across Europe, tracing the rich and beautiful Benedictine heritage that we do our best to steward in our corner of the Oklahoma plains.

The resulting footage is quite moving. It is a powerful reminder of the role that Benedictine monasticism has played throughout history, and the vital work to which we are being called today.

As the film notes, our community relies on the prayers of faithful men and women from around the world, even as we, in turn, lift the world to God through our work and prayer. I ask that you hold our community in your prayers as we advance […]

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Knowing How to Inherit: Dom Antoine Forgeot, Founding Abbot of Clear Creek

2025-08-15T13:52:28-05:00August 14th, 2025|News|

“Ad superna semper intenti – Having our souls ever intent upon the things on high.” The monk must be a soul full of desire, thirsting for God; the monk must be burning with the desire for eternity.

Thusly does Father Abbot Antoine Forgeot comment on his abbatial motto. This holy abbot died five years ago on the feast of our Lady’s Assumption, on the very 65th anniversary of his own profession and on the patronal feast of France and of Fontgombault Abbey, which founded Clear Creek Abbey under the inspiration and impetus of this saintly man of God.

Born in 1933 in southwestern France, Antoine Marie Bertrand Forgeot grew up in a healthy, happy close-knit Christian family with two brothers and one sister. He had a solid Christian education […]

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The Reign of Grace in Mary

2025-06-09T17:58:36-05:00June 9th, 2025|Dom Guéranger's Liturgical Year|

by Dom Prosper Guéranger, founding Abbot of the Congregation of Solesmes, taken from his treatment of Saturday in Whitsun Week in Volume 9 of his Liturgical Year.

After the sacred Humanity of our Redeemer, which received from this holy Spirit every gift that could make it worthy, as far as a creature can be, of the divine Nature to which the Incarnation united it, Mary’s soul, and the whole being, were adorned with grace above all other creatures together.

It could not but be so, as must be evident to us if we reflect for a moment upon the meaning of a Mother of God. Mary, in her single self, forms a world apart in the […]

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A Special Request from Fr. Abbot

2025-06-03T13:48:01-05:00May 22nd, 2025|News|

Dear Friends,

By God’s grace, and by the prayers of so many faithful, Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey stands before a unique opportunity: a chance to finish the construction of our monastery (including our abbatial church), work that began over twenty five years ago.

The next steps we take will be significant, both for our monastic community and for the renewal of the Church. This is why I am seeking the perspective of men and women of faith like you.

When you are able, I ask that you take a moment to offer your perspective by taking a very brief survey. This survey will not take long, and it is worthwhile: we will read and consider all responses.

I ask that you keep Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey in your prayers as we work to respond to […]

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Building Something Beautiful For God –
To Last A Thousand Years

Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey is a Benedictine community belonging to the Solesmes Congregation and, like other monasteries of the Solesmes Congregation, is to be counted among the institutes entirely ordered towards contemplation. It was founded in 1999 from the Abbey of Our Lady of Fontgombault in France and is located in the Diocese of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Clear Creek became an abbey in 2010 and counts 55 monks, who devote themselves to God alone in the hidden life, in silence and solitude, in constant prayer and willing penance.

After twenty years of existence, we are happy, by the grace of God, to have completed two large buildings and a sizable portion of our abbatial church. We completed the “Chapter House” in 2023 to accommodate the growing number of monks and provide a Sacristy, Infirmary, classrooms and the Chapter itself. Please help us continue this arduous, but important work for the glory of God.

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