Clear Creek: Blessing of the East Residence Wing

Check out the Our Lady of the Annunciation Abbey of Clear Creek website for images from this winter’s blessing of the East Residence Wing. His Excellency, Bishop David Konderla, blessed the new living quarters and Chapter Room following a public Mass on January 22nd. Following Terce and a conventual High Mass in the Upper Church, the public was invited to tour the Chapter Room and residence. This was the first and last time for the new wing to be open to the general public. In the “Ora et Labora” spirit, the Benedictines are doing much of the finish work themselves: painting, tiling, and installing wood trim (cut from oak trees felled on the monastery property). Eager to move in, the portion of the community of monks who had been staying in shed-buildings for years now have cells they can call their own.

View of Chapter Room

View of typical East Residence Wing cell