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New from Abbey Editions: Little Jamie in Paradise

2025-04-30T16:42:59-05:00April 30th, 2025|News|

Abbey Editions, the imprint of the monks of Clear Creek, has just published for the first time in English, Little Jamie in Paradise, written by a monk of Solesmes.

Full of charm, simplicity, yet deep theological insights, this story of a young boy’s death and entry into Paradise is a unique work which will delight hearts and raise the eyes of the soul to heavenly things.

Hardcover, 44 pages, 6 x 9 inches.

Full of charm, simplicity, yet deep theological insights, this story of a young boy’s death and entry into Paradise is a unique work which will delight hearts and raise the eyes of the soul to heavenly things. A favorite of the monks!

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About the Author:

Born in the diocese of Autun in […]

Converse Brothers: The Guardians of the Divine Office

2025-03-15T12:42:40-05:00March 15th, 2025|Videos|

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

2025-03-12T20:15:17-05:00March 12th, 2025|News|

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 .

150 Years from the Death of a Spiritual Liturgist

2025-01-29T15:56:18-06:00January 29th, 2025|News|

Tomorrow, January 30, 2025, will be the 150th anniversary of the death of Dom Prosper Guéranger (1805-1875), who founded the congregation of Solesmes, to which Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey belongs.  This monk fed from the heart of the Christian life—the liturgy—and both explained liturgical spirituality in his most famous work, The Liturgical Year, and initiated the study of the Church’s liturgical chant, which led Solesmes to bear much fruit.

We can scarcely do any better than share the first few paragraphs from the General Introduction of the Liturgical Year:

Prayer is man’s richest boon. It is his light, his nourishment, and his very life, for it brings him into communication with God, who is light, nourishment, and life. But of ourselves we know not what […]

The Angelus: A Monastic Introduction to the Prayer

2025-01-08T17:45:39-06:00November 25th, 2024|Videos|

A monk gives an introduction to the Angelus, a devotion recited thrice daily by the monks of Clear Creek, in honor of the Incarnation, celebrated at Christmas and at the feast of the Annunciation, the patronal mystery of Clear Creek Abbey. View our Advent and Christmas items View our Gregorian Chant Albums

Items about Clear Creek Abbey

Three Hearts Pilgrimage 2024

2024-10-23T13:56:34-05:00October 12th, 2024|News|

The annual three day pilgriamge to Clear Creek Abbey concluded today, October 12th, with the Pontifical Mass celebrated by the Right Reverend Father Jean Pateau, Abbot of Notre-Dame de Fontgombault, who gave the following homily:

Right Reverend Father,
Dear Fathers and Brothers,
Dear Brothers and Sisters, pilgrims and friends of Clear Creek,

When I was a child, I loved to hear my mother repeat a little nursery rhyme: “No Saturday without sunshine”. Such a thought might seem strange to specialists in meteorology, strange to those who try to predict the weather. Not so for those who live a close heart-to-heart relationship with Mary, on a Saturday dedicated to her. Mary is the sunshine of our lives. And why is that? Because her fiat teaches us to say “Yes” to God, to […]

Salve Regina: A Monastic Introduction to the Chant

2025-01-08T17:46:18-06:00August 13th, 2024|Videos|

The Choirmaster of Clear Creek Abbey gives an introduction to one of the most well-loved pieces of Gregorian Chant: the beautiful antiphon to Our Lady, Salve Regina. View our Books about Gregorian Chant View our Gregorian Chant Albums

Learn Gregorian Chant

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