Welcome
Glory to Jesus Christ!
We are a Catholic Monastery of the Byzantine rite, under the jurisdiction of the the The Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of St. Nicholas in Chicago, and belonging to the Ukrainian Metropoly in the United States of America, which is in union with the Pope of Rome, supreme pastor of the universal Church. We embrace evangelical poverty, chastity, obedience, and stability of life, according to the Rule of Saint Benedict and the traditions of the Christian East.
In our skete at Jacob's Falls, on the shore of Lake Superior in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula, we devote ourselves to a common life of prayer and work for the praise, love, and service of God and for the upbuilding of His Kingdom through the Arts.
Tropar of the Holy Transfiguration
Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord
You were transfigured on the mountain,
O Christ our God,
revealing as much of your glory to your disciples
as they could behold.
Through the prayers of the Mother of God,
let your everlasting light also shine upon us sinners.
O Giver of Light, glory be to You!
Monastic Reflection
from Magnificat vol 19, n1
The Paschal Mystery is the heart of the Christian Faith. Through the Passion, death, and Resurrection of Christ, the bonds of sin and death are broken, and we, who had been dead because of sin, are restored to life; the divine image in which we had been created, but which we had obscured through sin, is revealed once more, and we are returned to our original state of blessedness and, indeed, offered a share in divine life. Before the greatness of such a gift, the Christian can only experience a profound, reverential, awe-filled, and ecstatic joy.(Read the rest of the article The Long Journey to Pascha).
We celebrate in English, using music traditional to the Ukrainian Catholic Church. Weekend services are also open to the public. Please us if you are interested in coming at other times.