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Entrance to New Clairvaux Abbey. The Abbey of New Clairvaux is a rural Trappist monastery located in Northern California in the small town of Vina in Tehama County. [1] The farmland, once owned by Leland Stanford, grows prunes, walnuts, and grapes that the monks harvest from the orchards and vineyards to sustain the community.
New Camaldoli Hermitage (formally called Immaculate Heart Hermitage) is a rural Camaldolese Benedictine hermitage in the Santa Lucia Mountains of Big Sur, California, in the United States. The Camaldolese branch of the Benedictine family was founded by St. Romuald in the late 10th century. The hermitage was consecrated under the Immaculate ...
St. Andrew's Abbey is well known as a retreat centre in California. The abbey is located in an isolated area which is conducive to silence. While the abbey does not care for any parishes, it welcomes numerous guests each year either as retreatants or as casual visitors.
The Sufism Reoriented sanctuary is located in Saranap, an unincorporated village in Contra Costa County, California. Carol Weyland Conner, a clinical psychologist, served as the spiritual leader of Sufism Reoriented from June 2001 until her death in April 2023. [7] The current spiritual leader of Sufism Reoriented is Walker Lambert. [8] [9]
A silent retreat closer to a holiday might sound more appealing, but the pared back, fairly gruelling 10-day Dhamma Vipassana Meditation remains an incredibly popular choice.
The Abbey was founded in 1961 by seven Norbertine confreres [6] from the Norbertine Abbey of St. Michael in Csorna, Hungary, [7] whose roots go back to the 12th century. [8] The founders originally left Hungary to avoid oppression soon after Communist officials nationalized Catholic schools in 1948.
In the 17th century, retreats became much more widespread in the Catholic Church. [6] Retreats were not originally seen as suitable for women, but in 1674 Catherine de Francheville , supported by the Breton Jesuit Vincent Huby , founded a retreat house for women in Vannes.
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