In 2023, the Carmelites moved to the Diocese of Scranton.
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We are an Order of Cloistered Contemplative Nuns, centering contemplation of the Paschal Mystery of Redemption. We are called by God to follow Jesus Christ our Holy Redeemer and to be a "Living Memory" of Him. Through our life of prayer and sacrifice, we pray for the Church, the world and all God's people.
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Santa Rita Abbey is a Cistercian monastery, a school of charity and of the Lord’s service. We were founded in 1972 in the high desert of Southern Arizona, a land of wide vistas and large sky where our monastery nestles in the foothills of the Santa Rita Mountains.
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