Monastery of The Angels is located at the intersection of Carmen Avenue and Carmen Place in the heart of Hollywood. Monastery of The Angels is a monastery for Dominican cloistered nuns. Women only, 21-30 years of age who are in good health of mind and body may apply. The compound is comprised of several buildings, including housing for the nuns, a gift shop and chapel. The landscaped grounds are surrounded by tall trees and hedges. Visitors are greeted by a large silver cross fixed to the roof of the main chapel. The building architecture is Spanish-influenced. Visit the Monastery of The Angels for morning and evening prayer and mass.
Berkeley Buddhist Monastery offers daily meditation that is open to all and weekly Tai Ji Quan and yoga classes. The monastery is also home to the Institute for World Religions, which has a variety of classes on Buddhism including those meant to foster an interfaith dialogue.
This seminary is an institution that teaches men how to become religious leaders in the Roman Catholic community.
It answers to the Archbishop of San Francisco and adheres to sulpician tradition.
It is a graduate institution, which requires a bachelors degree of its applicants, as well as a concentration of classes in religious studies.
On campus housing is an option for St. Patricks students. Most of its students will work in the Western hemisphere upon graduation.
Operated by The Sisters of the Company of Mary, the Vina De Lestonnac Convent is located in the heart of Temecula wine country. The property is verdant, with many small sculptures and artworks placed around the landscape, and offers a chapel, walking trails, a pool, putting green and more for those who are staying to relax and foster spirituality.
The convent of the Dominican Sisters sits on the campus of Dominican University of California, which the sisters founded in 1890. Though the university and convent remain separate now, the convent building sits at the heart of the school.
The convent was built with room for 22 sisters, or nuns, to live and preach the path of St. Dominic. The focus of the sisters of San Rafael is on study and service. The sisters also take a vow of poverty and chastity.
The public is welcome to attend mass.
The Poor Clares are a Catholic religious order of women who follow the ideals of Saint Clare of Assisi. These 16 cloistered nuns, part of a larger network in the Franciscan order, live a contemplative life of prayer, on behalf of individuals, the community, and the world.
Prayer is the main work of the nuns, six times a day, plus once in the middle of the night. They receive prayer requests from members of the public for many things—illnesses, job stresses, challenges—"anything weighing on them," said Mother Vicaress Colette in an interview. Prayer intentions, or requests can be made in person at the monastery, by phone and by letter and—a rarity nowadays—the nuns answer each one. The nuns, however, do not have e-mail, Mother Colette said.
The public can join the nuns in prayer throughout the day in the chapel. Holy Mass is said at 7am daily, and the set of daily prayers known as the Divine Office, are open to the public. A blog has been set up for the Poor Clares of Los Altos Hills at www.poorclares.wordpress.com which contains basic information, but not constantly updated information.
There is a small shop at the office, where one can purchase religious items and cards made by the Poor Clares.
