Dear Visitors and Guests,

Blessings to you!  God’s peace and blessings.  WELCOME TO ALL!

As the Abbot of the Monastery of Christ in the Desert, I extend a most warm invitation for all persons to visit us.  As a community of Benedictine monks we follow St. Benedict’s rule which asks us to treat each guest and visitor as Christ.  It is our privilege to welcome people of whatever faith or belief, ethnic, or cultural background to our beautiful canyon and find a place of silence, solitude, and peace as the guests of the Monastery of Christ in the Desert.

It is in this setting and by sharing time with this community that I believe that you can experience that wisdom of the desert which has called so many seekers to come to a place of timeless beauty.  Here you may well begin to see your life in new way.  Here you may well taste and see that the Lord is good.  Here you will be in a sacred space where those things that seem impossible for us are indeed possible for God.

We invite for our guests and visitors to participate in scheduled prayers in the Abbey Church and also private prayer or reflection in the silence.

We are always delighted to offer our hospitality to the people who have made the journey to our Monastery. We offer a respite from the world of distractions, noise, and superficial existence.  Here there is a sense of the community of all human beings, a place where true love of neighbor becomes possible, thorough the gift of grace offered to us all.  Welcome and blessings.

Your brother in the Lord,

Abbot Christian, OSB