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 [...]
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 [...]
On February 11th, 2022, Sr. Mary Brigid of the Good Shepherd, PCPA, made her First Profession of Holy Vows. It was a day of GREAT JOY! Sister was blessed to have family and friends come from all over the country to celebrate, not to mention how all of Heaven must have rejoiced on this [...]
Our Lady of Solitude, Our Lady of Hope, Pray for us! Today we are celebrating the Patronal Feast Day of our Monastery. On Holy Saturday, Our Lady awaited in silence, solitude, and hope, the blessed Resurrection of her Son. The image above is a statue of Our Lady of Solitude found in our cloistered Adoration [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
15 years ago on this blessed day, the seed of Our Lady of Solitude Monastery was planted. This inspiration coincided (in God's All-Knowing Providence) with the Solemnity of the Birth of St. John the Baptist. Of course, at that time, we had no idea that the wind of the Spirit would blow this seed [...]
The 10th Annual Nun Run was a GREAT SUCCESS! Every year we are amazed by the turnout! For many folks, this was their 10th Annual - having joined in the fun since our very first Run! Seeing old friends and meeting new ones, receiving prayer requests, and sharing the beauty of our life are [...]
On Feb. 13th, we were blessed to receive our third Postulant! Angelle, originally from Covington LA, has been discerning with our community for some time now...and so it was our great joy that we welcomed her into postulancy. Enjoy some photos below from her Entrance. Kindly keep Angelle in your prayers, as well as [...]
"What would happen to the Church and the world without the beacons that signal the port to those who are lost on the high seas, without the torches that illuminate the dark night we are going through, without the sentinels announcing the new day when it is still night?" - Pope Francis, for Pro Orantibus [...]
