Guest Rooms
In addition to our two guestroom, we are in the process of adding a GUESTHOUSE and the total amount to build a GUESTHOUSE is $90,000. We have raised $40,000, with your help and the support of the Koch Foundation, which awared our community $20,000, for a Guesthouse facility.
The mission of the Koch Foundation is “to strengthen and propagate the Roman Catholic faith by providing grant support for a wide variety of evangelization efforts.”
Let all guests who arrive be received as Christ, because He will say: ”I was stranger and you took me in” (Mt 25:35). And let due honor be shown to all especially to those “of the household of the faith” (Gal 6:10) and to wayfarers. When therefore, a guest is announced let him be met by the Superior and the brethren with every mark of charity. And let them first pray together, and then let them associate with one another in peace. RULE OF ST. BENEDICT (RB) Chapter 53 Of the Reception of Guests.
We are excited to announce that we now are accommodating female guests in one of our modular buildings here in Gobernador, New Mexico, with two guestrooms and one bathroom. The COST is $40 per person per 24 hours/3 meals. Make your reservation by email (click below) or telephone between the hours of 9:30 am to 12:00 pm, Noon, Monday thru Friday. You may want to write to our Guestmistress c/o Monastery of Our Lady of the Desert at PO Box 556, Blanco, NM 87412-0556 USA, or telephone 505-419-2938 with an eFax of 505-212-0159
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The guestrooms are right next to the Chapel. Guests are welcomed to take part in the daily Eucharist and other prayers of the monastery by singing the psalms, hymns and responses. Books for this are provided in the chapel. Schedule is provided in the guestroom as follows:
Our guest house offers two single rooms with one shared bath for females. All bedding including sheets are provided. There is hot and cold running water. Please bring personal hygiene items, your own flashlight and a non-electric alarm clock.
Breakfast and the light meal are put out in the Kitchen/Refectory area and you are welcomed to join the sisters for the main meal. We do not serve red meat. Meals are in silence, except for table reading. Please inform us the guest master if you plan to miss a main meal.
Gobernador is a beautiful desert available for the enjoyment of our guests. Some of the terrain is rugged, so please bring suitable outdoor clothing and strong shoes or hiking boots for walking and climbing since we are about 6,500 feet above sea level. The snows are rugged and the winds are strong.
PLEASE NOTE that the Guest House is a simple facility with the use of a cell phone and Internet connection. Retreatants are asked to use headsets if they with to listen to tapes and/or DVDs. Also, no pets, and no smoking is allowed in any of the buildings, please.
We encourage our guests to share in the work on at least some days of their stay with us, as work is one of the elements of a balanced monastic day. Work is usually helping in the office, library, cleaning, and some maintenance projects. Work can be adapted to the desires of each guest. If you wish to work with the sisters, please let the work mistress know.
The physical LOCATION of the Monastery of Our Lady of the Desert is in Gobernador, 10258 US Hwy 64, which is marked on the gate with a sign Monastery of Our Lady of the Desert. To get to our monastery from the St. Rose of Lima Parish in Blanco, NM, you drive east about 31 miles towards Dulce, New Mexico. Go to Mile Marker #104, which is just a little after Mile Marker #103 on the right (south side of the road. You can see the monastery in the distance.
Of interest click on Gobernador Knob or Navajo Damn.
