St. Benedict’s Monastery, sold to Palantir's CEO, ends 70 years of prayer near Aspen with final public Mass

St. Benedict’s Monastery, sold to Palantir's CEO, ends 70 years of prayer near Aspen with final public Mass

“Bless this house, which has given so much to so many.” — Program Book from St. Benedict’s Monastery’s last Mass, Jan. 11, 2026 OLD SNOWMASS — Before first light hit the eastern flank of Mount Sopris — before the sun could warm the mesas and forests of Old Snowmass, or bake the sprawling ranches and fields on the valley floor — the Trappist brothers of St. Benedict’s Monastery would rise from their beds, and they would pray.  They listened to sc…