Acknowledgments.

1. A Need to Reconnect: Preparing for the Pilgrimage.

2. The Road on No Map: New Camaldoli Hermitage, Big Sur, California.

3. An Isolato Dogged by Divinity: The Carmelite House of Prayer, Oakville, California.

4. Meditations out of Time: Sonoma Mountain Zen Center, Santa Rosa, California.

5. Loneliness Does Not Retreat: Monastery of Mount Tabor, Redwood Valley, California.

6. Nature’s Mystical Muse: Our Lady of Guadalupe Trappist Abbey, Lafayette, Oregon.

7. Sisters Who Make Much of Time: Shalom Prayer Center, Queen of Angels Monastery, Mount Angel, Oregon.

8. St. Francis and a Spider’s Web: Franciscan Renewal Center, Portland, Oregon.

9. Lowing Cows and Abandoned Heifers: Our Lady of Trinity Trappist Monastery, Huntsville, Utah.

10. Breathless in the Darkness of God: Nada Hermitage, Crestone, Colorado.

11. A Hermit in the Fridge: Dominican Retreat House, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

12. Christ and the Hohokam People: Picture Rocks Retrea t Center, Tucson, Arizona.

Other Monastic Stays.

St. Andrew’s Priory, Valyermo, California.

Serra Retreat Center, Malibu, California.

Mt. Calvary Monastery and Retreat Center, Santa Barbara, California.

La Casa de Maria, Santa Barbara, California.

Our Lady of Peace Retreat Center, Beaverton, Oregon.

Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, New Mexico.

Holy Trinity Monastery, St. David, Arizona.

St. Anthony’s Greek Orthodox Monastery, Florence, Arizona.

Monastery of Christ in the Desert, Abiquiu, New Mexico.

Websites Offering Directories of Retreat Centers and Monasteries.

Notes.

Further Reading.

About the Author.