Today we celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Dedication of Our Lady of Solitude Chapel! And we do so with hearts full to overflowing with gratitude... This is a special celebration for us as we are just days away from completing construction on the new Our Lady of Solitude Monastery that adjoins the Chapel! [...]
Holy Thursday 5:00 PM Mass of the Lord’s Supper Good Friday 11:00 a.m. - Stations of the Cross followed by Mid-Day Prayer and Chaplet of Divine Mercy 3:00 p.m. - Celebration of the Lord's Passion Celebration of Our Lord's Resurrection 8:00 PM Easter Vigil Mass on Saturday, April 3 9:00 AM Easter [...]
Inviting you to celebrate Christmas at the Monastery CHRISTMAS MASS SCHEDULE Thursday, December 24th -Instrumental Prelude: 8:15 p.m. -Matins: 8:30 p.m. -Holy Mass at 9 p.m. *please note: there was a misprint of the Mass time in our recent mailing. Holy Mass on Christmas Eve is at 9 p.m., NOT at 10 p.m. Friday, December [...]
"O desert of Christ, burgeoning with flowers! O solitude, in which those stones are produced of which the Apocalypse the city of the great king is constructed! O wilderness that rejoiced in intimacy with God!" - St. Jerome On September 9th, our community was blessed to add Sr. Faustina Marie of the Father's Merciful [...]
[We invite you to join us as we begin the Novena of St. Clare on Aug. 2nd and to join us, as well, on Aug. 10th and 11th as we celebrate her Solemnity. Scroll down for details] Lately I have been considering how Our Holy Mother Clare responded when Saracens threatened to invade the [...]
On March 16th, Bishop Olmsted issued directives for the Diocese of Phoenix in response to the present Corona Virus crisis. Following these directives and until further notice, there will be no public Mass or group gatherings at Our Lady of Solitude Monastery. Please be assured of our continued prayers for your good health and protection, [...]
On the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, Angelle Damare was invested in the Holy Habit and received her new name: Sr. Mary Brigid of the Good Shepherd. We hope you enjoy these video highlights of the beautiful day! Also, we wanted to share Rev. Mother Marie Andre's powerful exhortation on this occasion - just [...]
“You will remain here to make known that God wishes to establish in the world devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. When you are to say this, don’t go and hide. Tell everybody that God grants us graces through the Immaculate Heart of Mary; that people are to ask her for them; and that [...]
Join us as we celebrate the Solemnity of St. Francis of Assisi Novena to St. Francis - begins on September 25th. This year we are using this Novena from the Franciscan Archive website. Below you will find a form to send us your prayer intentions for the Novena. Transitus of St. Francis – with [...]
On September 7th, Mother Marie Andre reached her 25th Anniversary of Entrance into the Religious Life. We had a lovely celebration for her on Sunday, September 8th. It was a beautiful day to give thanks to Our Lord for Reverend Mother's witness and fidelity and for our Eucharistic vocation. We remembered in prayer all who [...]
