Solitude
Space for personal prayer, deep listening, and meditation. A quiet openness to the presence of God.
Our community
An ancient tradition.
A living presence.
We are a Catholic Camaldolese Benedictine community, living a contemplative life of prayer, work, and hospitality on California’s Central Coast.
The Camaldolese way
Three gifts.
One way of life.
Our tradition holds together solitude, community, and contemplative outreach. Each nourishes the others: a personal life of prayer, a shared monastic rhythm, and a presence that reaches beyond the monastery.
Community
Life shared in communal prayer, work, and the everyday responsibilities of the monastery.
Contemplative outreach
Hospitality, retreats, teaching, and spiritual accompaniment that share the gifts of this life with others.
Ora et labora
A day shaped
by prayer & work.
The Liturgy of the Hours, Eucharist, meditation, Lectio Divina, and personal prayer shape the monastic day. Work includes the practical care of the community and the sharing of gifts in art, writing, music, and ministry.
Our roots
A story of
faithful presence.
Our community is part of a wider Benedictine and Camaldolese family, rooted in the spiritual inheritance of St. Benedict and St. Romuald.
1027
The monastery’s history recalls the founding of the Hermitage at Camaldoli in Italy and the tradition that continues to shape our life.
1987
The Monastery of the Risen Christ began as a mission from Our Lady of Guadalupe Abbey in Pecos, New Mexico.
1992
The hospitality account traces the beginning of the monastery’s welcome to retreat guests to this year.
2014
MRC became a dependent monastery of New Camaldoli Hermitage in Big Sur, California.
A wider circle of belonging
Our Oblate
community.
The monastery’s Oblates share a relationship with the Camaldolese community. If you are interested in learning about this path, Fr. Stephen Coffey is the published contact for oblate inquiries.
People & ministry
A personal welcome.
Prior
Fr. Daniel Manger
Contact Prior Daniel for published workshop and spiritual-renewal ministries, and for inquiries about the monastery’s contemplative life.
Oblate chaplain
Fr. Stephen Coffey
Contact Fr. Stephen to learn about the Camaldolese Oblate community and ways of belonging to the monastery’s wider spiritual family.
Contemplative outreach
Connections
beyond our walls.
Explore the Restorative Partners material shared by the monastery, and discover another expression of care within the San Luis Obispo community.
A shared work of hospitality
Help this quiet
life continue.
Your generosity helps sustain the prayer, hospitality, grounds, and everyday life of the monastery. There are many ways to take part.