Our Lady of Solitude Monastery

{{Short description|Catholic monastery in Tonopah, Arizona}}

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| name = Our Lady of Solitude Monastery

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| order = Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration

| established = 2005

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| mother = Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament

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| diocese = Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix

| churches = Our Lady of Solitude Chapel

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| location = Tonopah, Arizona

| map_type = USA Arizona

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| other_info = Patron Saint is Clare of Assisi

| abbess = Mother Marie Andre, PCPA

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Our Lady of Solitude Monastery is a Catholic foundation in the United States.

It was founded in May 2005 by Mother Angelica, who also founded Eternal Word Television Network and built the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Hanceville, Alabama.{{Cite news|url=https://desertnuns.com/about-us/pcpa-history/|title=PCPA History|work=Desert Nuns|access-date=2018-06-05|language=en-US}} The monastery is located about one hour west of downtown Phoenix, in the rural desert and farming community of Tonopah, Arizona. It is located within the territory of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix but is not subject to it.{{Cite news|url=https://desertnuns.com/about-us/ols-history/|title=OLS History|work=Desert Nuns|access-date=2018-06-05|language=en-US}}

Our Lady of Solitude Monastery sprang from the order of Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration, one of many branches of the Poor Clares, founded by Saint Clare of Assisi. They are a contemplative order of nuns in the Franciscan tradition, founded in France in 1854 by Marie Claire Bouillevaux. The nuns have dedicated themselves to their main apostolate of Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in a spirit of reparative thanksgiving. They pray especially for Catholic priests.{{Cite news|url=https://desertnuns.com/about-us/pcpa-charism/|title=PCPA Charism|work=Desert Nuns|access-date=2018-06-05|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2017/10/20/the-contemplative-nuns-who-live-at-the-heart-of-the-church/|title=The contemplative nuns who live "at the heart" of the Church – Catholic World Report|website=www.catholicworldreport.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-06-05}}