Fr Abbot to speak at Blessed Karl Symposium
The 2026 Blessed Emperor Karl Symposium will host ten speakers, one of which will be Father Abbot of Clear Creek. It will take place on March 7, 2026, and more information about it can be found here.
“The Fire of Faith”: Watch the Short Film
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 […]
Fr Abbot to speak in Online Course on the Holy Mass
An online course, The Catholic Mass, will begin on September 24, and will explore the richness and depth of the Holy Mass through the lens of theology, tradition, and spirituality. It offers 14 lessons, in two of which Father Abbot of Clear Creek will speak. More information can be found here.
Knowing How to Inherit: Dom Antoine Forgeot, Founding Abbot of Clear Creek
“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 […]
The Reign of Grace in Mary
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 […]
A Special Request from Fr. Abbot
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 […]
Mary’s Fiat
At the close of our lenten journey, we are now at the threshold of Holy Week, in which the Church’s liturgy prepares the attentive faithful for participation in the Paschal mysteries.
Consecrated to our Lady, the monks of Clear Creek Abbey recall her role at the Cross, described well by Dom Prosper Guéranger (1805-1875), who founded the congregation of Solesmes, in this passage from his celebrated Liturgical Year:
The whole of next week is fully taken up with the celebration of the mysteries of Jesus’ Passion; and although the remembrance of Mary’s share in those sufferings is often brought before the faithful during Holy Week, yet, the thought of what her Son, our divine Redeemer, goes through for our salvation, so absorbs our attention and love, that […]
Converse Brothers: The Guardians of the Divine Office
Monastic life at Clear Creek Abbey is supported by two complementary states of life: the choir monks and the converse brothers. This double distinction is a precious heirloom inherited from Fontgombault Abbey, which founded Clear Creek and which recently made a video featuring the converse brothers.
Read Fr. Abbot’s article about the Converse Brothers View books about the Monastic Life
Some items made by monks of Clear Creek Abbey:
Learn Gregorian Chant – Laus in Ecclesia Level One & Two & Three Courses 2025
Clear Creek Abbey will host three classes in Gregorian chant:
Laus In Ecclesia, level 1, taking the complete beginner or amateur in Gregorian chant to the level of being able to sing the chant with a certain competence
Laus in Ecclesia, level 2, building on the first degree, sharpening skills in reading notation, and rhythm, with an emphasis on the singing of the Divine Office in Gregorian chant.
Laus in Ecclesia, level 3, bringing all the previous levels to completion: this level is aimed primarily at directors of scholas, with a concentration on interpretation of bigger pieces and chironomy (direction).
The classes will be held from July 14th until the 18th, 2025. Find out more about it and register at clearcreekmonks.org/learnChant .
Ave Regina Caelorum: A Monastic Introduction to the Chant
A monk gives a general introduction to a piece of Gregorian chant that is sung from February 2nd to Holy Saturday before Easter. View our Advent and Christmas items View our Gregorian Chant Albums
Some Marian items from our gift shop
