Welcome!

Welcome to Mater Dolorosa Passionist Retreat Center.

Celebrate 100 years of retreats at Mater Dolorosa! Register for your 2026-2027 retreat and check out our Special offerings during this centennial year!

Upcoming retreats:

Women’s Weekend Retreat : October 23rd - October 25th, 2026
Men’s Weekend Retreat : November 13th - November 15th, 2026
Women’s Weekend Retreat : December 4th - December 6th, 2026
Men’s Weekend Retreat : January 8th - January 10th, 2027
Men’s Weekend Retreat : January 15th - January 17th, 2027
See the retreat calendar through August 2026 here! 
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"I came exhausted. I left restored."

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"This retreat gave me space to breathe-and courage to begin again."

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"Walking these grounds, I felt my thoughts finally settle, and a quiet sense of peace take their place."

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"This retreat gave me space to care for parts of myself I had been neglecting."

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"In the stillness, I discovered both peace of mind and a renewed sense of God's presence."

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"Peace met me here, not as a feeling, but as a quiet awareness of God within me."

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Mater Dolorosa is a Passionist Retreat Center, dedicated to preaching the Passion of Jesus Christ. We welcome all who wish to hear the message of the Passion through our traditions of preaching, hospitality, and compassion. We place our focus on the Passion of Jesus Christ and its relevance in the lives of people today. We foster and promote spiritual growth and renewal through Passionist retreat programs and by providing a peaceful environment for personal prayer and reflection.

All are welcome to this sacred space at the foothills of the San Gabriel mountains; I invite you to explore our retreat options.

God Bless,

The clergy, staff, board and retreat team of Mater Dolorosa Passionist Retreat Center.

Retreat Guide

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What is a Passionist Retreat?

 

Then Jesus said to them: Come with me, by yourselves, to some remote place and rest a little.

 

Mark 6:31

 

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