Mission Statement
The Cascabel Hermitage Association (CHA) acquires and holds real property in
trust under the Saguaro-Juniper Covenant, makes the land available for solitary
meditation, and holds conservation easements. It thereby provides a Sonoran
desert wildlands habitat for fully interfaith solitary contemplation, as well
as other solitary educational and creative activities that require sustained
concentration and stillness. It should also be a place where sojourners can
learn to live harmoniously within an untamed community of plants and animals
and to work in community to care for these lands. In seeking to integrate sojourners
into a wildland community, CHA is guided by the need to heal the separation
between civilized humanity and the earth.
--From the Cascabel Hermitage Association By-laws, Article 1. Purpose and Mission