Retreats
Do you need solitude and rest? Is your group looking for a prayerful environment for your next meeting, conference or retreat? Come enjoy our hospitality as an individual or a group amidst our diverse facilities in our natural desert environment.
Vocation
Could God be calling you to consecrate your life to service of Him and His Church? Come explore the stirrings in your heart with us as we seek to give ourselves fully to God through our shared life of community, contemplation, and compassionate service.
Partners
Are you looking for other resources or organizations to explore your spiritual growth? Visit one of our ministerial, Norbertine, Roman Catholic, or other Christian partners to help you in your spiritual journey. They are local, national, and worldwide resources.
Events
Are you looking to grow in faith and connect with others seeking God in their lives? Attend one of our many events at the Abbey and throughout our local community as we seek to bring people of good will together in building the Kingdom of God.
Featured Events
All are welcome to join us at Santa Maria de la Vid Abbey (5825 Coors Blvd. SW, Albuquerque, NM 87121) on the third Friday of each month at 7:00 PM for this ecumenical and interdenominational form of prayer. Taizé is a spirituality that is easy to experience and hard to describe. Invite your friends and family. Leave the noise of modern life behind! Build your relationship with Jesus Christ through song, scripture, silence and contemplation with other young adults and members of our community! Attend the next prayer service in the spirit of Taizé, a French monastic community. 2020 DATES Taizé is served by the Norbertine Community’s Office of Christian Discipleship & Religious Vocation at Santa Maria de la Vid Abbey. Contact Celina Chavez for more information at cchavez@norbertinecommunity.org. All are welcome to join us at Santa Maria de la Vid Abbey (5825 Coors Blvd. SW, Albuquerque, NM 87121) on the third Friday of each month at 7:00 PM for this ecumenical and interdenominational form of prayer. Taizé is a spirituality that is easy to experience and hard to describe. Invite your friends and family. Leave the noise of modern life behind! Build your relationship with Jesus Christ through song, scripture, silence and contemplation with other young adults and members of our community! Attend the next prayer service in the spirit of Taizé, a French monastic community. 2020 DATES Taizé is served by the Norbertine Community’s Office of Christian Discipleship & Religious Vocation at Santa Maria de la Vid Abbey. Contact Celina Chavez for more information at cchavez@norbertinecommunity.org.
January 17
February 21
March 20 – The Goodness of Every Friday CANCELED
April 17 CANCELED
May 15 CANCELED (per the Governor’s extension of the Stay-At-Home order on 4/22)
June 19 – 8th Anniversary
July 17
August 21
September 18
October 16
November 20
December 18
January 17
February 21
March 20 – The Goodness of Every Friday CANCELED
April 17 CANCELED
May 15 CANCELED (per the Governor’s extension of the Stay-At-Home order on 4/22)
June 19 – 8th Anniversary
July 17
August 21
September 18
October 16
November 20
December 18
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Our Life
The Norbertine Community is a religious order that vows a lifetime of conversion and worship in all we do. We seek to grow in holiness in our relationship with God in, through, and with one another and those whom we serve.
Our Story
In the years after Vatican II, under the leadership of Abbot Benjamin Mackin, the men of St. Norbert Abbey in DePere, Wisconsin missioned some men to the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico for a new Norbertine foundation.
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Norbertine Library is Open
Please wear a mask or other face covering while in the library building and practice at least six-feet physical distancing. Hand sanitizer is available on the circulation desk, please use before working on one of the computers. Call (505) 873-4399 if you have any...
Norbertine Spirituality Center
The Norbertine Spirituality Center at Santa Maria de la Vid Abbey respectfully requests: If you wish to be a retreatant at the Abbey and have knowingly been exposed to someone who had COVID-19 during the 14 days prior to your retreat, you should not come to the Abbey....
Update on Mass
As we slowly invite people to pray with us again in the abbey church, we do so with a primary concern for everyone’s health. The current Archdiocesan guideline for public mass is 25% occupancy. This means we are only able to invite a mixture of individuals and couples...
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5825 Coors Blvd. SW Albuquerque, NM 87121
505-873-4399