Welcome to
Holy Cross Abbey Whitland

Holy Cross Abbey is set on the side of a hill overlooking a broad valley with the Preseli Hills as a backdrop beyond. It is a place of peace and great natural beauty and provides a perfect environment for a monastic life of prayer and praise: a place of rest and refreshment for those who visit us. We are about 5 hours from London, 2 hours from Cardiff, by road or rail, but a million miles away if you compare the bustle of capital city with the gentle landscape of Pembrokeshire in West Wales.

Father Michael Hart 1939 - 2025


With great sadness we have learnt that Fr Michael Hart, our former Chaplain, died suddenly on 19th July 2025.
May he rest in peace.
Please see the NEWS webpage for more details.

Please Pray for Peace

Almighty father,
You are the Lord of history, and we place in your hands the distress of our times.

Do not allow war cries and threats to triumph,
but enlighten us that we may recognise the human family across the world as one family.

Welcome those who have died,
comfort those who mourn,
be with refugees and those driven from their homes,
heal the wounds of those injured in body and soul
and be close to all who seek to aid them.

Send your Holy Spirit over the earth,
the Spirit who defeats division,
who overcomes war.

Now, Lord, please come to our aid,
guide us into the way of peace, trusting always in
Your Word, Our Lord Jesus Christ,
who lives and reigns for ever and ever,
Amen.

Mass Times

Sunday 12th October
Fr Aodhan McDunphy OCSO Mass 9am

Monday 13th (Requiem Mass for Fr Michael Hart),
Tuesday 14th, Wednesday 15th, Thursday 16th,
Friday 17th & Saturday 18th October
Fr Aodhan McDunphy OCSO Mass 8am

Sunday 19th October
Fr Aodhan McDunphy OCSO Mass 9am


*** Days not mentioned above
Eucharistic Service 8am

May God bless us all.

Prayer Requests

Weekly Thought

A certain brother asked the abbot Pimenion saying,
“What is faith?”
And the old man said,
“To live ever in loving kindness and in humbleness,
and to do good to one’s neighbour.”

The Desert Fathers, Translations from the Latin with an Introduction by Helen Waddell, Page 162