“Love must act as light must shine and fire must burn.”
- Fr. James Huntington, OHC
We are a monastic community dedicated to prayer and prison ministry located in Oceano, California
"The road to an authentic spiritual life is not easy. But it can be done, and it is what Lent is inviting us to. The forty-day Road to Jerusalem invites us to deep self-reflection that can foster new awareness and encourage real change in our lives. It calls us to the work of transformation that can lead to the discovery of the best version of ourselves. It makes no promise that it will be easy, only that it will be worth it." - Brother Dennis

"I was in prison and you visited me."
- Jesus -
"No matter who we are, where we have been, what we have done or had done to us, no one is beyond the grace and love of God."
- Brother Dennis -

VOICES FROM INSIDE
I have lived with the same person for almost 10 years, and this week she moved to a minimum unit. It felt like a family member moving out.
I think part of joy is not only what we feel for ourselves, but also for others. I wasn’t happy about losing daily contact with such an important person. Yet, that sadness didn’t keep me from feeling happy that her moving might get her out the gate a little sooner ...