Would you consider Supporting the Hermitage?
Your donation will help to provide long-term stability for a hermit living a life of prayer in solitude according to Roman Catholic tradition.
Hermits are not monetarily supported by the Church. Each is entirely funded through the work of his or her own hands and generous patrons like you. Your donation will help to provide for living expenses (e.g. rent and healthcare) and, God-willing, the future establishment of a permanent hermitage site.
Thank you and may God bless you for your generosity!
“From the very beginning of the Church there were men and women who set out to follow Christ with greater liberty, and to imitate him more closely, by practicing the evangelical counsels. They led lives dedicated to God, each in his own way. . .
Many of them, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, became hermits or founded religious families. These the Church, by virtue of her authority, gladly accepted and approved. . .
Without always professing the three evangelical counsels publicly, hermits “devote their life to the praise of God and salvation of the world through a stricter separation from the world, the silence of solitude and assiduous prayer and penance.” [460 CIC, can. 603 § 1.]
They manifest to everyone the interior aspect of the mystery of the Church, that is, personal intimacy with Christ.
Hidden from the eyes of men, the life of the hermit is a silent preaching of the Lord, to whom he has surrendered his life simply because he is everything to him.
Here is a particular call to find in the desert, in the thick of spiritual battle, the glory of the Crucified One.”
Catechism of the Catholic Church nos. 918, 920-21
A Hermit is praying for you.