About the Pecos Benedictine Community

Nestled in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains lies the double monastery of Our Lady of Guadalupe Abbey and Olivetan Benedictine Sisters of Our Lady of Guadalupe Abbey, located twenty-five miles east of Santa Fe, New Mexico. From its very inception, the monastery has served as a center for retreats and church renewal.

A Benedictine Monastery

The Monks of Our Lady of Guadalupe Abbey and the Olivetan Benedictine Sisters of Our Lady of Guadalupe Abbey continue the long history of Benedictine life going back to St. Benedict, the founder of monasticism in the western world. St. Benedict (480-547 A. D.) envisioned and modeled a way of life designed to foster continual communion with God. He saw a pattern of this life in the first Christian community in Jerusalem. "They devoted themselves to teaching of the apostles and to the communal life, to the breaking of the bread and to the prayers" (Acts 4:32). In his Rule for Monasteries, St. Benedict laid down practical teachings and guidelines for this vision to be realized. The monks and sisters of Pecos have embraced this vision of St. Benedict, while giving it a unique expression.

Photos of the Pecos Benedictine Community
Many of the photographs depicted here are available for purchase through the Monastery Gift Store



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Youtube video montage of Monastery
by Anna Pecoraro



Take Aways from a Monastery
A great reflection for you to enjoy by Mary McGrath!



Pecos Benedictine Monastery
P.O. Box 1080
Pecos New Mexico 87552-1080

(505) 757-6600