A Benedictine Monastery
Do you long for a few days of emotional and spiritual tranquility? Are you looking for a few moments of silence in your life? Do you need to be alone with the Lord through meditation and contemplation? If this is what your heart desires, we invite you to our silent retreat in the small oasis […]
El objetivo de este retiro es proporcionar una comprensión y un acercamiento adecuado a los milagros desde la perspectiva católica, separando lo auténtico de lo falso, según las Escrituras y el Magisterio. Usaremos el libro "Una guía católica de milagros" de Adam Blai para explorar milagros específicos, además de brindar ejemplos de sus falsificaciones demoníacas. […]
This retreat will be inspired by many writers’ reflections on spirituality for the “second half” of life, writers including Sister Joan Chittister (The Gift of Years) and Parker Palmer (On the Brink of Everything). Creative living within the season of wisdom, greater and ongoing maturation, and positive transformation of the inner life will be some […]
Join us as we reflect on the life and times of Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, a brilliant philosopher and poet, a mystic and searcher of the truth, and a Jew — a daughter of Israel. Her encounter with the cross in the life of a Christian friend sparked an inner transformation that led to […]
Los ángeles son seres reales y espirituales que existen como mensajeros y siervos de Dios. Este retiro proporcionará una visión general de la angelología, mientras analiza los escritos y las enseñanzas de Santo Tomás de Aquino, la Tradición de la Iglesia y las Escrituras para "dar cuerpo" a estos misteriosos seres de intelecto puro. Utilizando […]
...for us, for our people, and for our world. The centerpiece for this retreat will be Pope Francis' book: Let us Dream: The Path to a Better Future. *(Priest ONLY Retreat) Presenter: FR. JOSEPH BRENNAN, OSB has been a monk of Valyermo since 1994 after having served as a parish priest in the Archdiocese of […]
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’s book The Human Phenomenon developed many fundamental scientific concepts of his evolutionary thinking. They provided the foundational ideas for his integration of evolution with Christian theology and spirituality. This retreat will explore connections between Teilhard’s evolutionary scientific ideas and his spirituality and theology. Presenter: FR. STEPHEN COFFEY, OSB Cam is an ordained […]
The Benedictine monastic tradition offers a rich spectrum of Christian mystics and contemplative authors. In this workshop the meanings of “mysticism” and “contemplation” will be explored through the lives and writings of Benedictine saints including: Pope Gregory the Great, Abbot Suger of Cluny, Hildegard of Bingen and Gertrude the Great, among others. Readings from […]
This non-directed retreat provides time to reflect on all God has given us and to enjoy the festive Thanksgiving celebration with the monastic community. *If the event is listed as sold out, please call us at 661-944-2178 for real-time availability and a waiting list.
On this first weekend of Advent, we will offer a potpourri of monastic insights, enabling participants to experience the Advent season as a time rooted in scripture, history, art, music, and liturgy. *If the event is listed as sold out, please call us at 661-944-2178 for real-time availability and a waiting list.
"Adviento significa venida." Es el tiempo en que los cristianos nos preparamos para la venida del Señor. Se dice que el Antiguo Testamento fue el gran tiempo de espera y después de esa espera de muchos siglos, Cristo se manifestó en toda su gloria dándonos la oportunidad de una nueva vida en el Espíritu. En […]
Another way to say Christ in all His glory is to say Christ in all His beauty. An experience of Christ through beauty awakens faith or fortifies it to a deeper surety. God allows us to see breathtaking beauty in nature. David Clayton proposes that “the aims for the supernatural transformation of the person are […]
Matthew 7:7