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Monastery of
Christ in the Desert
P O Box 279
Abiquiu
"The Monastery of Christ in the Desert,
Abiquiu, New Mexico, U.S.A., was founded in 1964 by Fr. Aelred Wall, OSB, with
monks of Mount Saviour Monastery in New York state. In 1983 the Monastery of
Christ in the Desert was received into the English Province of the Subiaco
Congregation as a Conventual Priory and in 1996 became an autonomous abbey. From
its beginning the monastery has followed the Benedictine life with no external
apostolates, but maintains a guesthouse for private retreats where men and women
can share the Divine Office and Mass in the abbey church with the monks. Besides
maintaining the guesthouse, the monks engage in agriculture, craft, maintenance
and computer work at the monastery. A gift shop is also part of the monastery's
income, which includes a mail-order department of books and other religious
items in the gift shop."
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