Monastery information | |
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Order | Benedictine |
Established | 1964 |
Mother house | Mount Savior Monastery (Pine City, New York, United States) |
Diocese | Archdiocese of Santa Fe |
People | |
Founder(s) | Aelred Wall, O.S.B. |
Important associated figures | Thomas Merton |
Architecture | |
Architect | George Nakashima |
Site | |
Location | Abiquiu, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States |
Coordinates | 36°22′40.80″N 106°40′49.80″W / 36.3780000°N 106.6805000°W |
The Monastery of Christ in the Desert is a Benedictine monastery in Abiquiu, New Mexico. It belongs to the English Province of the Subiaco Congregation.
It is located in the Chama River Canyon Wilderness area 75 miles north of Santa Fe. It is accessible by Forest Road 151, a 13-mile dirt road off of US route 84.