November 5th through November 11th is National Vocations Awareness Week. This is a week-long celebration dedicated to promoting vocations to the priesthood, diaconate and consecrated life through prayer and education. It is also a time when we renew our prayerful support for those who are discerning a call to these particular vocations. For additional [...]
Registration is open for our next LEARN OF ME Women's Vocational Discernment Retreat on January 13, 2024 Our inaugural retreat in July was a grace-filled day and we are excited to host another Learn of Me Retreat. Each Learn of Me Retreat will focus on a different theme surrounding discernment and our Poor Clare [...]
Join us as we celebrate St. Francis of Assisi September 25th - October 3rd: Novena of St. Francis of Assisi. Submit your novena intentions in the form below. If you'd like to join in praying the St. Francis Novena, click here. Tuesday, October 3rd @ 4 p.m. Silent Eucharistic Holy Hour with the Nuns [...]
As we celebrate the great Solemnity of Our Holy Mother Clare, we are interceding for all of our family, friends, and benefactors and giving thanks to Our Holy Mother Clare - for her life, her legacy, and especially for the beauty of our way of life - as we strive to follow in her [...]
We are happy to announce the launch of a new women's discernment retreat here at Our Lady of Solitude Monastery. Learn of Me Discernment Retreats will be quarterly retreats for single women between the ages of 18-35 who are practicing Catholics and are open to discerning the Consecrated Life and experiencing the charism of [...]
All are invited to join us for our celebration of the Easter Triduum and Celebration of Divine Mercy Sunday Holy Thursday, April 6th 5 p.m. Mass of the Lord's Supper Good Friday, April 7th 11:15 a.m. Stations of the Cross 3 p.m. Celebration of the Lord's Passion Holy Saturday, April 8th 8:30 a.m. Prayers [...]
JOIN US AS WE CELEBRATE THE LITTLE POOR MAN OF ASSISI September 25th - October 3rd: Join us in praying a Novena to St. Francis of Assisi. There are some wonderful Novena options available online, including this one from Ascension Press. Below is a form through which you can submit your intentions to be [...]
We invite you to join us as we celebrate St. Clare of Assisi: Wednesday, August 10th* @ 5 p.m. for the Transitus of St. Clare of Assisi with First Vespers and Blessing with 1st Class Relic of St. Clare of Assisi Thursday, August 11th* @ 9 a.m. for Holy Mass for the Solemnity of [...]
We first met Bishop Olmsted in late 2004 - having been invited by him to begin a Foundation of our Order in his Diocese. Looking back on those first encounters with Bishop Olmsted, all of us were struck by his profound faith, his great kindness, and his enthusiastic love for Our Lord, His Church, [...]
