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​More than 200 generous donors... and counting

West Park, NY - January 25, 2018.

Our Open Doors, Open Hearts capital campaign is off to a great start!

Three months into our Open Doors, Open Hearts Capital Campaign, we are delighted to share with you that more than 200 donors have already ...
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A Sense of Place

by Kurt Aschermann, Associate of Holy Cross Monastery

My first visit to West Park, around 1983 (84?) was a revelation in more ways than one. First the beauty of the location, the buildings and most importantly the Divine Office startled me. I had heard about places like this, but had never been to one. During the weekend, I found myself having trouble staying in the room for the Vestry Retreat, which was the purpose of my visit. I wanted to explore every inch of the monast ...

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The Discernment Phase

A monastery like ours is never without ongoing work to maintain, improve, and develop the physical structures that support our life of prayer, worship and service. For instance, as I write this article, work is on-going on a climate-controlled room underneath Pilgrim Hall where we will house, access, and use the archives of the Order of the Holy Cross.

There are plenty more worthwhile projects which we would like to bring to fruition. But on the whole they go beyon ...

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Finding God’s Purpose for Your Capital Campaign

Our consultant at Episcopal Church Foundation recently wrote a blog entry on why religious institutions might do capital campaigns. Maybe you'll be inspired to consider one for your own church or organization.