Labyrinth at Santa Maria de la Vid

At the Santa Maria de la Vid Priory in Albuquerque's South Valley, the Norbertine community keeps a permanent outdoor labyrinth on the priory grounds, walked in the community's prayer and by retreat guests. The Labyrinth Locator's record lists it as a Medieval Chartres replica; installed November 2022.

Every labyrinth is a walking practice, not a puzzle: a single path winds to a center and back out, and the walk is done slowly, as prayer or meditation. The pattern descends from the medieval pavement labyrinth at Chartres, and the modern urban revival began in the 1990s when Lauren Artress brought replicas of that path to American congregations and public grounds through Veriditas and the Labyrinth Society, whose World-Wide Labyrinth Locator now catalogs thousands. There is no branching and no trick to the path; walkers of every religion and none use it.

Visiting

norbertinecommunity.org carries the site's own information and schedule.