• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer

Mater Dolorosa Passionist Retreat Center

Mater Dolorosa Passionist Retreat Center

Mater Dolorosa Logo
  • About
    • Welcome & Mission
    • Staff
    • Ministry Team
    • Board of Directors
    • Employment Opportunities
    • Videos
    • Bookstore/Gift Shop
    • The Passionists of Holy Cross Province
    • Safety
    • Property
      • Property News
      • Property FAQs
      • Have Questions?
  • Retreats
    • Retreat Signup
    • Retreat Theme
    • Retreat Guide
      • Retreat Payment
      • Retreat Groups
      • Retreat Group Photos
      • Captain’s Corner
    • Parent-Teen Retreats
    • Married Couples Retreats
    • Online Retreats
    • Young Adult Retreats
    • Individual Retreats
    • Spiritual Break
    • Recovery & 12 Step Retreats
    • FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions
      • Retreat Theme 2020-21
  • News & Events
    • Events Calendar
    • Servant Leadership Workshop
    • News Updates
    • LARCC
    • Food Ministry
    • Online Ministries
      • MDPRC Online Ministries
      • Walking with God during difficult times 
      • God is doing something New in Us: Exploring paths of deepening Faith
    • Stations of the Cross
    • Spiritual Direction at Mater Dolorosa
  • Food Ministry
    • Food Ministry
    • Food Ministry Mission & Vision
  • En Español
    • Politica Tocante el COVID
    • Retiro Para Mujeres
    • Las Posadas
  • Facilities
    • Facility Information
    • Facility Inquiry
    • Visit Mater Dolorosa
    • Photo Gallery
    • Contact Us
  • Young Adults
  • Support Us
    • Why Support Mater Dolorosa?
    • Donate Now
    • Donate Monthly
    • Golf Classic
    • Other Ways to Give
      • Century Club  
      • Bequests/Planned Gifts
      • Memorial Gifts
      • Sponsorship Circle
      • Prayer Cards
      • Food Ministry
      • Harvest on the Hill
      • Volunteer
      • Ralph’s and Food 4 Less
      • Matching Gifts
      • Donate Your Vehicle
      • My Year End Gift to Mater Dolorosa

Why Support Mater Dolorosa?

DONATE TODAY

Picture of Retreatants under the Moreton Bay Fig Tree – early years, date unknown

Because…You Make A Difference!

The Passionist-preached retreat ministry has continued since the first retreat in 1926, which was held under the shade of a giant Moreton Bag Fig tree.  This is a powerful testament that the retreat ministry at Mater Dolorosa is an important and necessary ministry to the many men and women who come to the mountain every year to attend their retreat.

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.

Contributions to Mater Dolorosa help us to continue to provide a spiritual sanctuary where people can leave behind the demands of every day life and renew their faith in a more meaningful way.

1st Men’s retreat at the Passionist Monastery – May 6-8, 1932
Men’s Retreat Mar. 6-8, 2020
Women’s Retreat Feb. 7-9, 2020
 

Additionally, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its disruption of food distribution and supply, Mater Dolorosa formed the Food Ministry program in March of 2020. The meals we prepare for distribution meet the needs of those whose meal services have either been canceled or disrupted, or organizations who need assistance in meeting their prepared food distribution demands. Our professional kitchen staff are using our commercial kitchen for preparing, cooking, packaging, and freezing meals every week for pick up or delivery.  Each meal costs $7.07 to produce. This program also exemplifies our Passionist traditions of hospitality and compassion and allows us to feed the human spirit in a very practical way.

Your support is needed more than ever before to ensure the retreat center has sufficient resources to carry out its mission, to offer Passionist-preached retreats, and to continue our long-held traditions well into the future.

Make a secure online donation to Mater Dolorosa. 

Please consider Mater Dolorosa Passionist Retreat Center in your will or estate plan.  Click here to learn how to complete your bequest to Mater Dolorosa.

For more information on supporting Mater Dolorosa please contact Melanie Goodyear, Director of Development (626) 355- 7188, Ext 103 or MGoodyear@MaterDolorosa.org

Mater Dolorosa Passionist Retreat Center

700 N. Sunnyside Avenue Sierra Madre, CA 91024
Directions
626.355.7188 Phone
626.355.0485 Fax
materdolorosa@materdolorosa.org SecurityMetrics Credit Card Safe

Contact Us

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

About Us

Calendar of Events

Newsletter

Captain’s Corner

Board of Directors

The Passionists of Holy Cross Province