Our celebration of the Sacred Triduum and Easter was blessed with many graces. Enjoy the photos that Sr. John-Mark snapped throughout those Holy Days! Morning prayer on Good Friday Holy Saturday prayers to Our Lady of Solitude Easter Vigil Photos Easter Morning He is risen as He promised, Alleluia!
Let us allow ourselves to be touched by this love, to be transformed, so that the resurrection may really be realized in us. I invite you, therefore, to live the Paschal Triduum intensely." - Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI You are invited to join us as we celebrate the Sacred Triduum and Easter at Our Lady [...]
What gives us true freedom, true salvation and true happiness is the compassion, tenderness and solidarity of His love. Christ’s poverty which enriches us is His taking flesh and bearing our weaknesses and sins as an expression of God’s infinite mercy to us. - Pope Francis This Lent has brought many visitors to Our [...]
On February 8th, we invited all to come and see Our Lady of Solitude Monastery Chapel! To celebrate the Year of Consecrated Life, we had an open house, tour and reception. The day far exceeded our hopes! People from all over the Valley joined us. It was simply glorious. With a Chapel FULL of [...]
Got plans on Sunday, February 8th? Why not come on out to Our Lady of Solitude Chapel to celebrate the Year of Consecrated Life with us?!? The day begins with Holy Mass at 9 a.m. Following Mass there will be a light reception, meet and greet with the Nuns, and a unique tour of the [...]
Sr. Marie Andre at Matins on Christmas Eve One of the most beautiful dimensions of Religious Life is community. And it can also be full of challenges as well! Pope Francis wisely spoke thus (which, no doubt, can be applied to family life, as well): "From experience I know that community life is [...]
Please join us as we pray a Novena in honor of St. Clare, from August 2nd through August 10th. Click here to download a copy of the novena. Fill out the form below to send us your petitions. Join us at Our Lady of Solitude Chapel to celebrate the Solemnity of Our Holy Clare: August [...]
What does it mean to be 'blessed' (makarioi in Greek)? To be blessed means to be happy. Tell me: Do you really want to be happy? In an age when we are constantly being enticed by vain and empty illusions of happiness, we risk settling for less and 'thinking small' when it comes to the [...]
On June 22nd, we celebrated the Solemnity of Corpus Christi (enjoy the lil' video of pics from our Eucharistic Procession below). The first reading for the Solemnity is taken from Deuteronomy 8: Remember how for forty years now the LORD, your God, has directed all your journeying in the desert, so as to test you [...]
To catch you up with some of the goings on here at Our Lady of Solitude, enjoy a few Easter photos. Also below them you will find a slideshow of May Crowning photos from May 11th! It was a beautiful day, honoring Our Lady with a crowning, songs, and an act of consecration - as [...]
