Support & Donations
Thanks to you and our many wonderful supporters,
Mater Dolorosa has provided spiritual growth for 100 years.
Send checks to:
Mater Dolorosa Passionist Retreat Center
700 N Sunnyside Ave.
Sierra Madre, CA 91024
There are many ways to support the Retreat Center:
Support the ongoing care, restoration, and future of Mater Dolorosa through the Century Club. Your annual membership helps fund essential repairs, beautification projects, and improvements that preserve our peaceful retreat environment for generations to come.
Help make the retreat experience accessible to all through the Sponsorship Club. Your gift provides financial assistance for retreatants, youth, young adults, and those in recovery, ensuring no one is turned away because of financial need.
Make a lasting impact through a recurring gift. Monthly donations provide reliable support that helps Mater Dolorosa sustain retreats, ministries, and the ongoing care of our peaceful campus while offering a convenient way to give year-round.
Help power the future of Mater Dolorosa by supporting our solar energy project. Your donation will reduce operating costs, promote environmental stewardship, and help sustain the Retreat Center’s mission for generations to come.
Help provide nourishing meals to neighbors experiencing food insecurity through our Food Ministry. Your support helps us prepare and deliver meals that offer comfort, dignity, and hope to those who need them most.
Create a lasting legacy by including Mater Dolorosa in your estate plans. Planned gifts help ensure the Retreat Center can continue its mission of hospitality, spiritual renewal, and compassionate service for future generations.
Honor the life of a loved one or celebrate a special occasion with a meaningful gift to Mater Dolorosa. Memorial donations and naming opportunities create a lasting tribute while supporting the Retreat Center’s mission and ministries.
Turn an unused vehicle into lasting support for Mater Dolorosa. Your donated car, truck, boat, RV, or motorcycle helps fund the Retreat Center’s mission—and may even provide much-needed transportation for our ministries.
Turn an unused vehicle into lasting support for Mater Dolorosa. Your donated car, truck, boat, RV, or motorcycle helps fund the Retreat Center’s mission—and may even provide much-needed transportation for our ministries.
Support Mater Dolorosa every time you shop at Ralphs or Food 4 Less. By enrolling in their Community Rewards program, a portion of your eligible purchases is donated to the Retreat Center at no additional cost to you.
Share your time and talents to help make Mater Dolorosa a place of hospitality, prayer, and renewal. Whether serving guests, caring for the grounds, or supporting behind the scenes, there’s a place for you to make a difference.
Thanks to you and our many wonderful supporters, Mater Dolorosa has provided spiritual growth for 100 years! The Passionists purchased this property in 1924 and have offered retreats since 1926! This is a powerful testament that the retreat ministry at Mater Dolorosa is an important and necessary ministry to the thousands of people who come to the mountain every year for Passionist retreats, to pray the Stations of the Cross, or simply feel closer to peace on our beautiful grounds. A retreat at Mater Dolorosa offers solitude and silence, a time to stand apart from the pressures of the day ~ to reflect, to pray, and to be restored by the love of Christ. Thank you for promoting the Passionist charism of preaching, hospitality and compassion for 100 years!
Your gift of prayer is always welcome. We thank you for your prayers in support of our Passionist traditions of preaching, hospitality and compassion that began so long ago with our Founder, St. Paul of the Cross.
Important Facts:
- Mater Dolorosa is self-sustainable
- Mater Dolorosa does not receive funding from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles
- Donations to Mater Dolorosa are tax deductible to the full extent of the law