"In the spring of 1974 Bishop Francis J. Green, of the Diocese of Tucson, made the request for a
Christian renewal center to be established in Cochise County, the southeast corner of the diocese.
Abbot David Geraets, O.S.B. of the founding Benedictine Abbey, Pecos, New Mexico, asked Fr. Louis B.
Hasenfuss O.S.B. to begin the project. He arrived in St. David from Albuquerque, accompanied by Paul
Meuller and Steve Stevens, on September 3, 1974. They settled in on the 92 acres property. Maxine and
Larry Lee, a married California couple, and Fr. Clark Moore, a Tucson Diocesan priest, were there
with Marty Martinez. From this nucleus the Monastery grows today.
On December 12, 1974 the ground was broken for Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, with Bishop Green
presiding over the historic occasion. He also presided over the church dedication on June 24, 1981."
They hold Sunday and daily Masses.
